I felt so shattered by India's heart breaking loss to South Africa that I missed my early morning flight to Mumbai :P. However, while I am waiting at the airport for the next available flight,I would like to use this opportunity to finally make a foray into blogging. Needless to say , no topic would be better for my debute than " Dhoni Bashing":The country's favorite pastime.
Many of the questions that are being raised over Dhoni's captaincy have no merit.
1)He is being criticized for his timing of the batting powerplay with experts suggesting that he should have taken it when Sachin and Gambhir were going great guns. Well, he did take it when both the batsmen were on the crease. The batsmen were the ones who made a mess of it.
2)We all seem to have gone berserk over Nehra being chosen for the last over. Over the years Nehra has proved himself to be the best Indian Bowler in death overs, having won many crucial matches. An inside edge to the boundary wasn’t his fault. A spinner like Bhajji would have been smashed in the last over.
3)The shuffling of batting order. A couple of big hits from unpredictable Pathan's blade and I wouldn't be writing this blog.
I wonder how Dhoni Manages to evoke such mixed feelings of love and hatred in the Indian Public. One day he is decorated with titles like 'Captain Cool ' and 'The Most Successful Indian Captain', the next day his house is pelted. The Australians call this 'tall poppy syndrome'. When a poppy plant grows too tall, they lop its head off.
I feel that the Indian public see themselves in the “Plumber's son turned Millionare”. The average Indian draws inspiration from the Middle Class boy who redefined success and dreams of emulating him. At the same time, subdued in some corner of their heart is a feeling of envy for the one among us who now plays in Millions. We vent out this envy on Dhoni when India looses and we are jolted out of our dreams, back into the harsh reality.
I feel that the Indian public see themselves in the “Plumber's son turned Millionare”. The average Indian draws inspiration from the Middle Class boy who redefined success and dreams of emulating him. At the same time, subdued in some corner of their heart is a feeling of envy for the one among us who now plays in Millions. We vent out this envy on Dhoni when India looses and we are jolted out of our dreams, back into the harsh reality.
I know my views won't go down well with most of the readers(Incase any one reads this in the first place :) ).But a bit of honest introspection with a cool mind and you will realize that my blog is not just a Mumbo-Jumbo.
I didn't read this post... still commenting...
ReplyDeleteits nice to write smthing which you can't say in general.
Nice write up...
ReplyDeletegr8 going dude!!
Well about the topic its simply the hot cake in Ind every Indian of all age grp will have something to talk about it.
Personally i am never 2 impressed by Dhoni's captaincy he is far better than his immediate predecessor but nothing exceptional.
Most of the matches India wins is because of the batting power and captaincy has nothing much to do with it.The present depth the have in there batting line-up they shud win most of the matches.
Regarding the SA match i do not blame Dhoni much,Ind bowled and fielded quite well,it was batting that let them down.Well about Nehra:: I remember the 2003 WC match against England where he was unfit was constantly motivated ,having banana after every alt over and ended up with a 6 wicket haul which helped Ind in its road 2 the final
nice post indeed!
ReplyDeleteDhoni hasn't been evoked the feeling of hatred for himself as much as that for love among the public. Atleast until the SA match. I feel he has been over burdened with the kind of adjectives associated with him (street smart, witty, quick thinker). He is bit of a gambler (remember joginder sharma?). But alas! finally a loss in the WC, which they deserved a lot earlier, doing justice to the adage better late than never. Hope it does make an impact.