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'If Dhoni backs down from Test cricket, India wouldn't miss him' - chairman - 08-14-2014
New Zealand batting great Martin Crowe has slammed the "illogical" captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the ongoing Test series in England and feels India would be better off without his leadership in the longest format.
"If he (Dhoni) did back down from Test cricket, India wouldn't miss his strange, often weird, tactics. His selections are illogical when finding the appropriate balance in picking enough specialist players to out-skill the opposition over long periods," Crowe wrote in his Cricinfo column.
"His maneuverings on the field as keeper and strategist are too often at odds with what the game situation demands - Ishant Sharma bowling short at Lord's the exception."
Re: 'If Dhoni backs down from Test cricket, India wouldn't miss him' - Kyle - 08-14-2014
They really wouldn't. And as for whatever "success" India had at home - correlation does not imply causation.
I think there are far better options - but people seem to rate him way too much. I don't think he's all that - I've been now and then appalled by many of his tactics.