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dhoni – cautiously daredevil

June 9, 2010 – 2:11 pm

A blog by ©hinaman: Dhoni’s daredevilry for a bike ad Says this NDTV video Indian skipper MS Dhoni, whose love for bikes is no secret, had the Jaipur fans asking for more while shooting for a bike advertisement. … Link to the original videoclip He should be knowing better, one would think. We have the [...]

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Mr Tendulkar, sir your halo just slipped

May 28, 2010 – 8:04 pm

A blog by ©hinaman:   IPL parties not responsible for T20 World Cup debacle: Tendulkar PTI, May 28, 2010, 05.16pm IST … Link to the full article PUNE: Contradicting Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s views, senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said IPL parties cannot be blamed for India’s debacle in the recent Twenty20 World Cup in [...]

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is it just a coincidence

February 15, 2009 – 11:10 am

A blog by ©hinaman that Krishnamachari Srikkanth is also from Tamil Nadu? Dhoni wanted Patel as second ‘keeper TOI | 14 Feb 2009, 2349 hrs IST, Indranil Basu, TNN NEW DELHI: The major bone of contention between skipper MS Dhoni and chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth during Friday’s selection committee meeting was over who to pick [...]

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luck – and the art of captaining India

September 11, 2008 – 11:29 pm

Yesterday MSDhoni was awarded the ICC ODI Player of the Year 2008 Once again I find we are on the wrong side of the general consensus. I present this article by our member – that I fully agreed with just a few days ago. A blog by donthaveaclue Causality. The relating of causes to the [...]

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save on tests to earn from plenty/20s

July 15, 2008 – 7:24 am

A blog by Â(c)hinaman So, the ‘icon’ has decided to take a rest. Selectors rest Dhoni for Sri Lanka Test series Mumbai: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has opted out of the Idea Cup three-Test series in Sri Lanka. Speculation had been rife that Indiaâ?(tm)s one-day and T20 captain was considering skipping the Test series part of [...]

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lesson 2: admit mistakes

July 7, 2008 – 5:50 pm

A blog by Â(c)hinaman Sri Lanka beat India by a 100 runs. So? Sanath Jayasuriya scored a 125 off 114 with 9×4 and 5×6 and a strikerate of 109.65. So what’s new? Ajantha Mendis – returned with figures of O8 M1 R13 W6 Nb0 W0 and ER1.6 playing his first major tournament and that too [...]

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lesson 1: do not blame your team

June 15, 2008 – 3:04 pm

A blog by Â(c)hinaman: In a tournament considered of little significance an outcome of the final match was too obviously predictable. Or was it? A team, so convincingly beaten less than a week ago, put all their problems, all their criticisms behind them and played the traditional 50 over cricket; to win in style, to [...]

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Lessons from an Australian summer

March 22, 2008 – 1:47 pm

A blog by donthaveaclue: Mark Taylor said it was one of best summers of cricket he has seen in a long time. Others have been claiming that Australia V India is the new Australia V England, which isnâ?(tm)t saying much given those werenâ?(tm)t ever in the vicinity of being contests barring 2005. The long-drawn Commonwealth [...]

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when a fall can only be a step away…

March 20, 2008 – 4:46 pm

of too much pride, too much arrogance… A blog by Â(c)hinaman Dhoni’s youngsters did not win the CBS finals. It was won for him by a 34 year old, a Sachin Tendulkar. There is not one outstanding performance from any of his batsmen to crow about. Neither any evidence that the ‘seniors’ he dropped from [...]

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