There are several aspects to India’s performance in Melbourne and Sydney. MS Dhoni’s captaincy is just one. But the defeats have brought his tactics under the scanner. The pundits are unanimous: he’s too defensive.
However, only one former captain – Steve Waugh – has acknowledged that this was Dhoni’s style to begin with. You can trace it back to his first game as India’s full-time Test captain.
In the Nagpur Test against Australia in 2008, Dhoni put eight fielders on the off-side and told his bowlers to bowl wide outside the off-stump all day. It paid off. The Australians were thrown off gear, managed just 166 runs in the day, went on to lose the game and the series — one of the very few they had lost that decade.
While that instance had a touch of Dhoni’s genius, the subsequent ones did not.
However, only one former captain – Steve Waugh – has acknowledged that this was Dhoni’s style to begin with. You can trace it back to his first game as India’s full-time Test captain.
In the Nagpur Test against Australia in 2008, Dhoni put eight fielders on the off-side and told his bowlers to bowl wide outside the off-stump all day. It paid off. The Australians were thrown off gear, managed just 166 runs in the day, went on to lose the game and the series — one of the very few they had lost that decade.
While that instance had a touch of Dhoni’s genius, the subsequent ones did not.
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