| It was end of April this year and end of the Indian | | | | Every player has ups and downs in their career. |
| Premier League when everyone in India was claiming | | | | There are days when things go your way and days |
| that Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the best captain, | | | | when they don't! Why it is that BCCI and cricket |
| India has ever had and perfect captain for the | | | | critics in India never have faith in any player? I am |
| twenty-twenty format of the game. Reasons being - | | | | not saying they should not sack Dhoni from his post, |
| he keeps his cool when under pressure, he is | | | | that is a different discussion, but the point I want to |
| innovative, he thinks well and leads the team from | | | | emphasize is that during IPL final when things were |
| the front. Qualities anyone can ask for in a captain of | | | | going in favor of Chennai Super Kings and Dhoni, his |
| Indian Cricket team, where Indians follow cricket far | | | | captaincy was being appreciated by one and all. |
| more closely than anything else in the world. He had | | | | Everyone was all praise for him, that he is a better |
| just led the team of Chennai Super Kings to their | | | | captain than Sachin Tendulkar, who was the captain |
| victory in the third IPL tournament. And he was | | | | of the losing team Mumbai Indians in the IPL final. |
| definitely the King in the eyes of critics, former | | | | It wasn't that Dhoni had put in some special effort in |
| players, BCCI, media and everyone else... | | | | IPL which he didn't put in the world cup. The |
| And not even three weeks later, in mid may Team | | | | difference if any was in the team he was leading. |
| India made their in-famous exit from the | | | | The bunch of players whom he was leading! Why not |
| Twenty-twenty international world cup and all guns | | | | give a break to senior players who have been |
| are pointed at the captain Dhoni. The same guy who | | | | out-of-form for a long time now? Why not take |
| was being praised by one and all, is now at the verge | | | | action against all those who were sloppy on the field |
| of being expelled as the captain of Indian team. What | | | | whether it was running between the wickets or |
| changed in a matter of three weeks? How can | | | | fielding or bowling during the crucial T-20 world cup |
| cricket critics make someone 'God' one day and pull | | | | match? Why take action only against the captain? |
| him down the very next day? | | | | |