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With both are experience men in their respective teams, who is more useful player currently?

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Shobby comfortably.
MSD is clearly past it. He is not the same player he was anymore. However Shobby is still one of the key performers in the Pak ODI line up. Dhoni is nearly a liability to the Indian team while Shobby is arguably the MVP of the Pakistan team. His fitness and work ethic puts some youngsta beauties in the team to shame. Plays the finisher role in the Pak team to perfection which Dhoni is struggling to do atm. Malik for me.
Since his 90 something vs SA in Oct 2015 Dhoni has scored only one 50 and has averaged in the high 20s over 15-20 matches. He's in pathetic form. Over the same period Malik has done better.
*in odis.
Premature statement, your folk need to stop hyping nakli talentand pay homage to real greatness.
Dhoni would easily make the Pak side as a skipper
Malik would have to fight for spots.
Dhoni would easily make the Pak side as a skipper
Malik would have to fight for spots.
Every great player becomes old some day.
Dhoni is now at that stage of his career.
Malik who averages 56 at 104 SR in the last 2 years will fight for a spot? With his current batting form and useful bowling, he will walk into any ODI side, let alone India or Pakistan's.
Malik (56), Sarfraz (42), Babar(50), Hafeez (41), and Azhar(39), Sharjeel (37), Imad (42) have averaged better than Dhoni (37).
Dhoni is GOAT ODI cricketer but on current form, he is a behind Malik.
They said the same about Sangakara but once the gloves were taken off him his exploits were there for all to see, perhaps he may not bat like he did in his prime but am sure he will perform better then he has in a long time
Those averages seem inflated for what is essentially a weak ODI batting unit.
What are they with regards to each opposition?
I know they are highly inflated due to Zimbabwe and SL but here we are comparing him with Dhoni who averages 24 vs Australia and 19 vs England in the last 2 years. Malik averages better against both teams.
Sanga and Dhoni are different cases. Sanga was a player who became increasingly good with age. Sangakarra was a batsman who transformed from a good to a great batsman towards the end of his career. Dhoni was a great batsman in ODIs. But he has lost his reflexes and is now a mere caricature of himself. Sangakarra wasn't affected towards the end of his career because his game wasn't based on power hitting unlike Dhoni.
How many games have each played against these respective sides? Also on which surfaces?
CricInfo is your friend.
All I know is Malik won an ODI in England and Australia with his all-round performance.
Dhoni was a complete failure in his last Australian tour with the scores of 18, 11, 23, 0, and 34.
Malik won them?
It is pointless to debate with someone who has not even watched those games. I am no Malik fan but denying the fact that Malik won an ODI in England and another in Australia is just blind hatred and futile attempt to look cool.
But I did watch those games.
Please explain to me how he won a game when he came in with 79 needed off 18 overs with 7 wickets in hand?
How did he win the game in England? Why are the other performers being discounted?
If I wanted to look "cool" I would hardly seek your validation.
Comfortably ignoring his 1/15 in 4 overs (at death), including dismissal of Mathew Wade who won Australia the previous match and then making sure with his batting that Pakistan reach the total safely does not count as a match winning performance?
Against England, it was the partnership between Sarfraz and Malik which helped Pakistan chase 300+ score.
I am not discounting hard work of other players in those victories but Malik had a very significant role and it is not wrong to say that Malik won those games. Just like it won't be wrong if someone says that Kohli won India their last game vs England, even though he could not finish the match and Jhadav played a better knock.
I didn't ignore anything.
He did get a wicket but that was just as much attributable to the pressure created by the other bowlers than any brilliance form Malik. Make no mistake about it that game was won by the bowlers. His batting performance is being overstated, as it was his poor start than made the game closer than it was. Total safety with 7 wickets still to come?
This is not to discount his performance but it's important to keep some perspective.
With regards to his performance against England in the dead rubber. Sure he contributed but the decisive knock came Sarfraz, with both Barbar and Rizwan also striking at over 100.
Also, where was he when the England series was alive? Suddenly dead rubbers matter?
Your comments seem childish, as if you're forcefully trying to not give Malik his due, whereas he clearly deserves it.
It doesn't take a Malik fan to recognize that he has been excellent since his return to the side and is gradually developing into that match-winner everyone always expected him to be. Right now he is performing far better than MSD.
There are people here who will defend Malik no matter what, and on the flip side there are people who will put him down no matter what.
Choose the middle ground people. Everything is good in moderation.
Is asking for perspective putting him down?
Please accept that Malik did well in the 2nd ODI. Keeping the runs down in the death overs while picking up the wicket of a set batsman, and then guiding the chase home. What more do you want him to do? Take a fifer and score a century?
Sure Malik's performance is very indifferent some days, but in the 2nd ODI he was very good and was one of the architects of the win.
Malik who averages 56 at 104 SR in the last 2 years will fight for a spot? With his current batting form and useful bowling, he will walk into any ODI side, let alone India or Pakistan's.
Malik (56), Sarfraz (42), Babar(50), Hafeez (41), and Azhar(39), Sharjeel (37), Imad (42) have averaged better than Dhoni (37).
Dhoni is GOAT ODI cricketer but on current form, he is a behind Malik.
Great timing by Dhoni lol. Perhaps he's a visitor here.
Shobby comfortably.
MSD is clearly past it. He is not the same player he was anymore. However Shobby is still one of the key performers in the Pak ODI line up. Dhoni is nearly a liability to the Indian team while Shobby is arguably the MVP of the Pakistan team. His fitness and work ethic puts some youngsta beauties in the team to shame. Plays the finisher role in the Pak team to perfection which Dhoni is struggling to do atm. Malik for me.
Premature statement, your folk need to stop hyping nakli talentand pay homage to real greatness.
He is no longer captain now and there is not as much pressure on him, he'll free up a bit more and express himself better.
Every great player becomes old some day.
Dhoni is now at that stage of his career.
They said the same about Sangakara but once the gloves were taken off him his exploits were there for all to see, perhaps he may not bat like he did in his prime but am sure he will perform better then he has in a long time
Sanga and Dhoni are different cases. Sanga was a player who became increasingly good with age. Sangakarra was a batsman who transformed from a good to a great batsman towards the end of his career. Dhoni was a great batsman in ODIs. But he has lost his reflexes and is now a mere caricature of himself. Sangakarra wasn't affected towards the end of his career because his game wasn't based on power hitting unlike Dhoni.
Dhoni is not limited to power hitting, he has a special game awareness and ability to rotate the strike; he can easily maintain an S/R of 80-100 and smash a few at the end, it won't be like before but he'll remain a valuable member of the team. Irrespective of what your game revolves around the theory is that you tend to decline as you get older but it's not entirely true, all it is you work smarter not harder and Dhoni has enough experience to understand that.
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Take heed on the wisdom of brother bear, the most recent knock from dhoni was very predictable from my end
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Take heed on the wisdom of brother bear, the most recent knock from dhoni was very predictable from my end
I didn't ignore anything.
He did get a wicket but that was just as much attributable to the pressure created by the other bowlers than any brilliance form Malik. Make no mistake about it that game was won by the bowlers. His batting performance is being overstated, as it was his poor start than made the game closer than it was. Total safety with 7 wickets still to come?
This is not to discount his performance but it's important to keep some perspective.
With regards to his performance against England in the dead rubber. Sure he contributed but the decisive knock came Sarfraz, with both Barbar and Rizwan also striking at over 100.
Also, where was he when the England series was alive? Suddenly dead rubbers matter?
Needs to be more consistent.![]()
and unfortunately the rest of the team plays like minnows against minnows.
The games Malik has won us against minnows, remember, the whole pakistani lineup messed up and he was the one to cure the disease.
He is the one who has always and always stood for us against the rival team, India.
The only game that we've one against India in champions trophy, was actually his contribution.
As far as the Malik Dhoni competition is concerned, Malik wins it by a humongous margin currently.
It was hailed as an IMPACT innings. That was the exact term.
I watched it. He hit two of the sweetest fours and the most imperious six I have ever seen.
He made 39 isn't it, his fans would make it out to be 390 lol
He's got a huge fan base for a reason, isn't so cool that people will rate him and become his fans for no reason.
His current fan following in Pakistan is way bigger than Afridi...The only Pak player who's hard work can be compared to the other top players in cricket.
Unlike other Pak players like Shahzad etc. etc. who go to the gym to work on there biceps, he's someone who works on his cricketing skills and I'm evident for that
RuNS scored on Indians pitches are not equal to runs scored on real cricket pitches.
Wickets taken by quick bowlers on indian pitches is a worthy stat.
RuNS scored on Indians pitches are not equal to runs scored on real cricket pitches.
Wickets taken by quick bowlers on indian pitches is a worthy stat.
So all of Malik's heroics on Indian pitches and against Indian bowlers (come on, if our pitches are bad, our bowlers are worse) count to nothing?
Malik is a way more useful Player in the team than Dhoni,
Dhoni is a way better batsman than Malik...
Can someone come up with Malik Dhoni head to head records in PAKINDO matches?
Against Indian bowling on Indian pitches in ODIs? Wow.By visiting batsmen is another thing..
Not an objective comparison.
Dhoni plays mostly on 350+ pitches.
You mean to say Malik has more calibre than Inzi?Both are about at the same level.
Same calibre batsman and while Dhoni has keeping Malik has also got his good bowling.
Against Indian bowling on Indian pitches in ODIs? Wow.
You mean to say Malik has more calibre than Inzi?
Coz Dhoni >> Inzi any day.
Just like Malik >>> Tendulkar every second
Dhoni is a good ODI batsman, plays the supporting role, not a match winner on himself. About the same for Malik. Malik a little more clutch, rotate strikes better and technically better, but Dhoni has better hitting abilities.
Just like Malik >>> Tendulkar every second.
Dhoni is a good ODI batsman, plays the supporting role, not a match winner on himself. About the same for Malik. Malik a little more clutch, rotate strikes better and technically better, but Dhoni has better hitting abilities.
Malik is a way more useful Player in the team than Dhoni,
Dhoni is a way better batsman than Malik...
Can someone come up with Malik Dhoni head to head records in PAKINDO matches?
How is Malik more useful?Considering Dhoni can keep and is one of the best LOI tacticians?