| Author | Message | ||
     Redbull Side Hero Username: Redbull Post Number: 3351 Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 94.194.167.113 Rating: N/A |
Dhoni and test cricket...  | ||
| Ustad Megastar Username: Ustad Post Number: 21937 Registered: 07-2008 Posted From: 76.169.161.29 Rating: N/A |
Writer kurrod kummesadu Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't - Henry Rollins | ||
| Hero Username: Reddit Post Number: 10909 Registered: 05-2013 Posted From: 122.175.23.141 Rating: N/A |
 At some point you have to give up hope for a better past. | ||
| Bunty717 Moderator Username: Bunty717 Post Number: 42089 Registered: 02-2008 Rating: N/A |
dhoni kurrod baaga adedu kaduuu..  | ||
| Asdf Junior Artist Username: Asdf Post Number: 395 Registered: 12-2014 Posted From: 205.157.110.11 Rating: N/A |
sums it up  | ||
| Ustad Megastar Username: Ustad Post Number: 21935 Registered: 07-2008 Posted From: 76.169.161.29 Rating: N/A |
http://sports.ndtv.com/australia-vs-india-2014-15/news/23534 2-ms-dhoni-quitting-tests-in-a-huff-reflects-state-of-flux-i n-india-cricket?pfrom=home-topstories If Dhoni managed to keep his captaincy intact despite losing eight overseas on-the-trot in 2011-12, it was because Srinivasan trusted the skipper's abilities more than the selectors. Insiders say Srinivasan has always been Dhoni's 'god father.' The good times started when Srinivasan broke the bank in 2008 to buy Dhoni for his IPL team, Chennai Super Kings. Dhoni was even made vice-president of India Cements, the company that owns CSK. Srinivasan is the Managing Director of India Cements. In Indian cricket, nothing lasts forever. Power equations change at every level and after the 2013 IPL match-fixing and betting scandal was exposed, pressure on the Srinivasan-Dhoni relationship only grew. To align with an administrator is one of the biggest mistakes that one can commit because stakes and longevity of an athlete and an ambitious official can never match. Srinivasan has bigger stakes both in India and internationally. Suspended by the Supreme Court for allegations of conflict of interest, Srinivasan has engaged top lawyers to help him win another term as BCCI president. Sans that position, Srinivasan's position as ICC's chairman will be ethically untenable. Dhoni is in the IPL scandal mix too. He has been investigated by the probe committee led by a former High Court judge. Did Dhoni lie under oath by calling Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan a "mere cricket enthusiast" when the probe panel had already indicted him of betting? Did Dhoni lie to please his god-father? Meiyappan was the centerpiece of CSK till 2013. He had the worst record as India Test captain overseas. For Dhoni, the scoreline certainly mattered. He certainly would have wanted to finish his last Test series as captain on a decent note. The series lost, Dhoni took the easiest way out. He chucked the "burden" of complication just as he would dispatch a trademark helicopter shot, whipping off his hips with brute force.  Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't - Henry Rollins |
