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MS Dhoni is not at fault, we are

MS Dhoni is not at fault, we are Aditya Joshi19 Jul 2018, 06:01 PM   ​ December 30, 2012. The left-arm seam bowling duo of the incisive Junaid Khan and the imposing freak that is Mohammad Irfan, run through the Indian top-order. All of a sudden Chepauk turns into Centurion, as the hosts are befuddled by the nip off the pitch and the parabolas in the trajectory of the deliveries under the grey skies. Three batsmen suffer the ignominy of having to hear the ominous sound of the stumps' rattling, as the scorecard reads 5/29 in 9.4 overs. Out walks MS Dhoni, a calm demeanor on his face almost antithetical to Rohit Sharma's look of disbelief and complete lack of belonging as he walked back. Except that the calm will not precede a storm; it will remain steady throughout, and with the passage of time inch closer and closer to nirvana. The keyboard warriors, a generation of impatient kids with their attention spans reduced to Curtly Ambrose's batting average, or the bowling...

MS Dhoni-The Legend Grows

MS Dhoni-The Legend Grows Anurag Jacob   28 Apr 2018, 10:36 AM ​ ​ On the 25th of April, 2018 the Chennai Super Kings beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets in a high scoring affair. While Ambati Rayudu blasted 82 after scoring 79 in the match before, MS Dhoni scored 70 off 34, hitting the winning six as Virat Kohli’s strange decision of giving Corey Anderson the last over failed miserably. In the long list of achievements Dhoni boasts of in his cricketing career, and there are many, one that he has come to claim has been that of a finisher. He has done it so many times for India. But in almost all those memorable Indian victories, you cannot help but notice that there is an element of destiny there, almost like Dhoni himself wrote those scripts. There has been a crunch decision made at various stages of the match, batting or fielding, that has ultimately won him those matches. Everybody knows the decisions he made in the two World Cup final...