Dhoni, finisher par excellence, but given his onerous responsibilities the title of an ‘enforcer’ would probably have been more appropriate. Not only did he ensure that the matches ended on the right note, during numerous crises, he shielded the less able, guiding the team towards safer shores, before launching the final assault. Age has evidently blunted his reflexes if not his instincts and rendered him less efficacious in certain situations. […]

Drama does not walk into your life. You either create it, invite it or associate with it. Barely 2 weeks into IPL season 12, and the drama unfolds to bring the game and the cricketing administration into disrepute. While the resultant attention will no doubt contribute to the eyeballs the unsavory aspects of the controversies can only take away from the game in the long run. Two particular instances draw […]

It is said that there is no rediscovery without risk, what you risk reveals what you value. This might very much be the creed that the peerless MS Dhoni lives by. He is the original exponent of the take it deep credo and in the process sheds the myriad layers of his genius only to unveil an entirely new one. Consider this an explosive wicketkeeper bat to fearless captain to […]

Yograj Singh, father of Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, rued his son’s exclusion from the ICC World Cup 2015 and blasted skipper MS Dhoni saying there will be a day when he will be left to beg and become penniless and would not get any favour.   “Dhoni was nothing. He has become a God in cricket just because of media. Media has crowned him as a great which he never […]