"I am losing the ability to rotate the strike" : MS Dhoni

[jeetu]

Dhoni is having his worst year since his debut. 2016 was petty bad as well.
Not even one half century this year shows how much he has gone down.
[table=width: 500, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td] Dhoni [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]HS [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]BF [/td][td]SR [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]overall [/td][td]326 [/td][td]10087 [/td][td]183* [/td][td]50.68 [/td][td]11456 [/td][td]88.04 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]67 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]home [/td][td]119 [/td][td]4216 [/td][td]183* [/td][td]55.47 [/td][td]4584 [/td][td]91.97 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]24 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]away [/td][td]138 [/td][td]4236 [/td][td]101* [/td][td]48.68 [/td][td]5048 [/td][td]83.91 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]34 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]neutral [/td][td]69 [/td][td]1635 [/td][td]139* [/td][td]45.41 [/td][td]1824 [/td][td]89.63 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2004 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]9.5 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]135.71 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2005 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]895 [/td][td]183* [/td][td]49.72 [/td][td]868 [/td][td]103.11 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2006 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]821 [/td][td]96 [/td][td]41.05 [/td][td]883 [/td][td]92.97 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2007 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]1103 [/td][td]139* [/td][td]44.12 [/td][td]1231 [/td][td]89.6 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2008 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]1097 [/td][td]109* [/td][td]57.73 [/td][td]1333 [/td][td]82.29 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2009 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]1198 [/td][td]124 [/td][td]70.47 [/td][td]1400 [/td][td]85.57 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2010 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]600 [/td][td]101* [/td][td]46.15 [/td][td]760 [/td][td]78.94 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2011 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]764 [/td][td]91* [/td][td]58.76 [/td][td]850 [/td][td]89.88 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2012 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]524 [/td][td]113* [/td][td]65.5 [/td][td]598 [/td][td]87.62 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2013 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]753 [/td][td]139* [/td][td]62.75 [/td][td]784 [/td][td]96.04 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2014 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]418 [/td][td]79* [/td][td]52.25 [/td][td]454 [/td][td]92.07 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2015 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]640 [/td][td]92* [/td][td]45.71 [/td][td]737 [/td][td]86.83 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2016 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]278 [/td][td]80 [/td][td]27.8 [/td][td]347 [/td][td]80.11 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2017 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]788 [/td][td]134 [/td][td]60.61 [/td][td]930 [/td][td]84.73 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2018 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]189 [/td][td]42* [/td][td]27 [/td][td]267 [/td][td]70.78 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
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[Gabbar Singh]

He’s still incredible behind the stumps as shown today. Had his keeping declined like his batting has he’d have been dropped by now.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Another meh innings by Dhoni.

 

[austerlitz]

Needs to be dropped ASAP,behaving like a semi retired mafia boss who still yields enormous influence behind the scenes and is untouchable.

 

[ManFan]

Needs to be dropped ASAP,behaving like a semi retired mafia boss who still yields enormous influence behind the scenes and is untouchable.

So, Dhoni = Carlo Gambino?

 

[JaDed]

Please retire!!

 

[Reyansh2017]

Oh my god... what an innings from the greatest keeper batsman ever seen. We are very lucky to have him still in our team.

 

[Reyansh2017]

He is the most shameless player to ever play for india. He is a politician masquerading as a player and clinging on to his post like a politician

 

[Savak]

Need to respect Dhoni for his services to the country. Don't be ungrateful

 

[Joseph Gomes]

This guy is a joke. He lost more matches for India than won by now.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

His legacy has been tarnished beyond repair now. A shameless individual who kept on playing and taking our cricket to new depths . 8-0 in England and OZ, this guy toured them again as captain. But thus is Indian cricket with various lobbies - franchises , broadcasters etc. and this guy is a masterful politician. Making sure DK plays as a specialist batsman just to make himself look better. Disgusting really. Brand dhoni should have been killed off atleast two years ago. But I guess those with vested interest s need to keep milking it as long as they can since they invested so much in it.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Dhoni is having his worst year since his debut. 2016 was petty bad as well.
Not even one half century this year shows how much he has gone down.
[table=width: 500, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td] Dhoni [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]HS [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]BF [/td][td]SR [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]overall [/td][td]326 [/td][td]10087 [/td][td]183* [/td][td]50.68 [/td][td]11456 [/td][td]88.04 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]67 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]home [/td][td]119 [/td][td]4216 [/td][td]183* [/td][td]55.47 [/td][td]4584 [/td][td]91.97 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]24 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]away [/td][td]138 [/td][td]4236 [/td][td]101* [/td][td]48.68 [/td][td]5048 [/td][td]83.91 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]34 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]neutral [/td][td]69 [/td][td]1635 [/td][td]139* [/td][td]45.41 [/td][td]1824 [/td][td]89.63 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2004 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]9.5 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]135.71 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2005 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]895 [/td][td]183* [/td][td]49.72 [/td][td]868 [/td][td]103.11 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2006 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]821 [/td][td]96 [/td][td]41.05 [/td][td]883 [/td][td]92.97 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2007 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]1103 [/td][td]139* [/td][td]44.12 [/td][td]1231 [/td][td]89.6 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2008 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]1097 [/td][td]109* [/td][td]57.73 [/td][td]1333 [/td][td]82.29 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2009 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]1198 [/td][td]124 [/td][td]70.47 [/td][td]1400 [/td][td]85.57 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2010 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]600 [/td][td]101* [/td][td]46.15 [/td][td]760 [/td][td]78.94 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2011 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]764 [/td][td]91* [/td][td]58.76 [/td][td]850 [/td][td]89.88 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2012 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]524 [/td][td]113* [/td][td]65.5 [/td][td]598 [/td][td]87.62 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2013 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]753 [/td][td]139* [/td][td]62.75 [/td][td]784 [/td][td]96.04 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2014 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]418 [/td][td]79* [/td][td]52.25 [/td][td]454 [/td][td]92.07 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2015 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]640 [/td][td]92* [/td][td]45.71 [/td][td]737 [/td][td]86.83 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2016 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]278 [/td][td]80 [/td][td]27.8 [/td][td]347 [/td][td]80.11 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2017 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]788 [/td][td]134 [/td][td]60.61 [/td][td]930 [/td][td]84.73 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]year 2018 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]189 [/td][td]42* [/td][td]27 [/td][td]267 [/td][td]70.78 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
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Strike rate will probably be in the 60s now for 2018 after today's innings - that tells you everything about his batting. Letting go of the captaincy was supposed to give him the freedom to bat more aggressively yet he's gone the other way.

 

[Saj]

Time to call it a day now.

Not much left in the tank and nothing left to prove.

 

[Dingolfy]

Time to call it a day now.

Not much left in the tank and nothing left to prove.

The problem is both Kohli and Rohit relies on him for a lot of things.He still sets fields for spinners.Even Indian team management realizes that and doesn't want to leave him.
Only hope is somehow he gets injured before WC.

 

[desi_launda]

Dhoni will retire only after the next World Cup.Indian fans are stuck with him till then

 

[Joseph Gomes]

The problem is both Kohli and Rohit relies on him for a lot of things.He still sets fields for spinners.Even Indian team management realizes that and doesn't want to leave him.
Only hope is somehow he gets injured before WC.

India team will not become minnow without Dhoni's advice. He's a hindrance to Kohli's progress as a captain.

 

[Hasan123]

He will play till the WC in 2019. But his time is up. Unfortunately he is tarnishing his reputation amongst his own fanbase.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

He has won every ICC trophy available, think he deserves Tendulkar treatment atleast.

 

[austerlitz]

He has won every ICC trophy available, think he deserves Tendulkar treatment atleast.

Tendulkar didn't cost us a world cup,Dhoni will.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

He hasn't even retired from T20Is despite the next WC being in 2020 - most sides will use the t20 side to blood new players for the odis but due to Dhoni's selfishness even this hasn't happened.

 

[Slog]

For those who talk aboht his decline is this true?

 

[Varun]

Thank heavens he retired before the WT20, else we'd have had another Yuvraj 2014 on our hands.

 

[Ab Fan]

Tendulkar didn't cost us a world cup,Dhoni will.

So, did he?

 

[Varun]

So, did he?

The 2019 semi-final had all the hallmarks of it.