This is interesting, some players enjoy playing on the flat tracks of the subcontinent, And when it comes to difficult situations, you hide behind players like Dravid, Sehwag, Gambhir, Tendulkar and Yuvraj. what does this mean? we don't have anymore players who can handle the tough situations and put the opposition on the backfoot?
Dravid sacrificed everything for the team and yet he was dropped just after 1 bad series because Dhoni opted for a young team, but now when the team is not doing well, you again go back to Dravid, how much more will he do for the team?
Dhoni has learnt a very good lesson, Dravid showed him what he is made of in the Nottingham test against England where the pitched favoured the bowlers. In such situations, you hardly see Dhoni or Raina perform, even in South Africa in the ODIs right before the World Cup, Dhoni, Raina, Sharma, Vijay,etc were big flops. Only Kohli, Yuvraj and Yusuf were good enough to face the South African quick bowlers on those bouncy wickets in absence of Sehwag ,Gambhir and Tendulkar.
There is a huge flaw in our selection policies. I will blame the management, selectors and the captain for constant changes in the team and mysterious selections.
During Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid's time, they selected the best players out of the available options and then gave them good opportunities to perform and showcase their skills and then gave them ample of chances if they were good enough, they supported and developed players like Sehwag, Yuvraj, Gambhir, Zaheer,etc. They stuck with these players even when they had a rough phase in their career, and these players were the main performers for us in the World Cup 2011 which we won. This is how you build a team.
But this is not happening under Dhoni.
People speak a lot about MS Dhoni's captaincy for winning the world cup, but nobody can see the hardwork of Dravid and Sourav behind it. Dhoni was a big factor in 2007 t20 world cup win.
But India's rise in tests and World Cup win was because of the hardwork of Sourav,Dravid and other seniors in the team.
Dhoni is fantastic as a player and as a captain, but he should learn about team development and managing the players from Dravid and Sourav, as the way he is making constant changes in the team on the name of competition is affecting the team in a negative way if you think about long term development.
And add to it, he is even biased towards some players.
If this goes on this way, then we won't see players like Dravid,Sehwag, Sachin, Laxman, Yuvraj, Gambhir, etc. in coming years.
He has clearly not handled a lot of players very well,
Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Rahul Dravid,etc. the list will go on.
You don't keep dropping players and changing the team, you pick the best players and stick with them, give them ample of chances, and they should be dropped only if they hit rock bottom.
There has to be a complete change in approach in the way players are handled, or else, it will be really bad for India if you look at the bigger picture.
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Big Blow To India
)...dont know how his form is....
