MS Dhoni - The most successful captain of India

[Plum]

AhA! Historical win for bangaldesh aagida pogudhu

[Kalyasi]

Back injury rules out MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni has been ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong because of a back strain. Virender Sehwag, his deputy, will lead India in the match scheduled to start on Sunday, and Dinesh Karthik will replace him as the keeper, the Indian team manager Arshad Ayub confirmed.

Dhoni suffered a back spasm during morning practice, retired to the dressing room and sent Virender Sehwag for the traditional captain's pre-match conference. However Sehwag, in his inimitable style, just offered: "He is fine, just taking a break and he is enjoying in the dressing room."

"The spasm continued and refused to go away," Ayub told Cricinfo. "Dhoni didn't want to take any chances and decided at the team-meeting in the evening that he wouldn't play the Test. Karthik will replace him." Karthik played two games as an opener in the recently concluded tri-series.


Dhoni had earlier suffered a back spasm during India's tour of New Zealand early last year and, as a result, had to sit out of the second Test in Napier, which ended in a draw. Sehwag led India in Napier in Dhoni's absence and will be captaining his country in a Test for the third time when he steps out tomorrow.

http://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshvind2010/content/current/story/444445.html

[Plum]

Bangladesh kitta kooda adikkalainA Karthik career-ku aappu dhAn. ekkachakkamA maattikittAn :lol:

[vramesh]

What is this strange habit of tamilising national and international personalities(Anja singam Dhoni, Thanmaanachingam Tiger Woods, etc)? :shock:

[MADDY]

What is this strange habit of tamilising national and international personalities(Anja singam Dhoni, Thanmaanachingam Tiger Woods, etc)? :shock:

we have grown in a culture where tamil names are internationalised - then indhiya spielberg, ulaganayagan etc so we are just doing the reverse :lol: ......after all its vasudeva kutumbakam as said by thalaivar :lol2:


There's a lot there with which you can beat me up here

thanks Plum - avan nallavan :)

[Plum]

Maddy, I have been following Akash Chopra's writing closely - writes well, and provides some rare insights that mainstream journalists neither have access to nor have the inclination to analyse and present to us.
Ofcourse, he has inside information like this. That bit about him bowling to Karthik shows his supreme self-confidence. Respect!

[MADDY]

http://shamimrafeek.blogspot.com/2009/02/m-s-dhoni-leadership-lessons-for.html

Nice read abt writer's admiration for Dhoni's leadership skills - not insightful by any means :) ....

[MADDY]

Dhoni showed glimpse today of what he was once upon a time :D .......wat a knock - bat speed ellam chancelessness :)

[tamizharasan]

Dhoni showed glimpse today of what he was once upon a time :D .......wat a knock - bat speed ellam chancelessness :)

Yes Dhoni was brutal today.

[Kalyasi]

Dhoni showed glimpse today of what he was once upon a time :D .......wat a knock - bat speed ellam chancelessness :)

Amaam Amaam!!

[MADDY]

Annan in Save tigers campaign started by Airtel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFUv3-VH1PM

yesterday's hitting reminded me of his 183 against SL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlMZ_rCUST4 8-)

[ajaybaskar]

Power hitting at its best..

Avara paarkkumbodhellam MRF logola tyreai thookittu nikkira aasamithaan gnyabagathukku varaan.

Wonder why an SUV manufacturer has still not got MSD to endorse their product... It will be an apt Choice.

[MADDY]

Power hitting at its best..

Avara paarkkumbodhellam MRF logola tyreai thookittu nikkira aasamithaan gnyabagathukku varaan.

Wonder why an SUV manufacturer has still not got MSD to endorse their product... It will be an apt Choice.

:lol: yes

[Plum]

Power hitting at its best..

Avara paarkkumbodhellam MRF logola tyreai thookittu nikkira aasamithaan gnyabagathukku varaan.

Wonder why an SUV manufacturer has still not got MSD to endorse their product... It will be an apt Choice.

:lol: yes

:lol: - yes, yes

[vanchi]

ferocious jab shot, sevullu adi after quite a time. dhoni do it often yaa. :)

[Kalyasi]

... what a fit man otherwise... adhulayum netthu otthakkai maaveerna evlo kastapattu keeping pannan... :thumbsup:
dhoni - the fighter...

:notworthy:

[directhit]

where is Maddy? :roll:

[MADDY]

where is Maddy? :roll:

ullen ayya - neenga dhaan remba naala aala kaanom :)

[P_R]

Annan in Save tigers campaign started by Airtel:
nAsamA pOchchu - adhu Aircel

[Plum]

When Dhoni was going slow initially against Kolkata, there was a mail to cricinfo that he is doing so because he wants to save the (Bengal) tigers :lol:

[Kalyasi]

where is Maddy? :roll:

ullen ayya - neenga dhaan remba naala aala kaanom :)

Kodha kulla erangum ooyi...

[directhit]

where is Maddy? :roll:

ullen ayya - neenga dhaan remba naala aala kaanom :) lol, ippo dhaan night IPL duty aache for 1 1/2 months - have time to kill :P

[vanchi]

come back man real quick :notworthy:
missing you

[Sourav]

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies/specials/2010/03/rajini-kamal-dhoni-participate-captain-tv.html
:roll:

[raghavendran]

dhoni's lions wil bounce back against rcb tomoro....ezhudhi vechikonga.....seerum singam dhoni

[VinodKumar's]

dhoni's lions wil bounce back against rcb tomoro....ezhudhi vechikonga.....seerum singam dhoni

naan pala edathula bet kattirukaen :lol: kavukama irunthaangana seri :oops:

[Plum]

dhoni's lions wil bounce back against rcb tomoro....ezhudhi vechikonga.....seerum singam dhoni

naan pala edathula bet kattirukaen :lol: kavukama irunthaangana seri :oops:
oru vELai adhanAla dhAn thOkkurAngaLO? Oru dahdavai opposite team try paNNi paarunga - kanfarm paNNidalAm!

[VinodKumar's]

dhoni's lions wil bounce back against rcb tomoro....ezhudhi vechikonga.....seerum singam dhoni

naan pala edathula bet kattirukaen :lol: kavukama irunthaangana seri :oops:
oru vELai adhanAla dhAn thOkkurAngaLO? Oru dahdavai opposite team try paNNi paarunga - kanfarm paNNidalAm!

Next match try panni papom but manasu ketkaathu
:cry:

[sathya_1979]

dhoni's lions wil bounce back against rcb tomoro....ezhudhi vechikonga.....seerum singam dhoni

naan pala edathula bet kattirukaen :lol: kavukama irunthaangana seri :oops:
oru vELai adhanAla dhAn thOkkurAngaLO? Oru dahdavai opposite team try paNNi paarunga - kanfarm paNNidalAm!
Enakku aboorva sagodharargaL kamaloda 2 side gun dhaan nyaabagam varudhu! Endha pakkan pudichi suttaalum gundu namma mEladhaan paayum :lol:

[VinodKumar's]

dhoni's lions wil bounce back against rcb tomoro....ezhudhi vechikonga.....seerum singam dhoni

naan pala edathula bet kattirukaen :lol: kavukama irunthaangana seri :oops:
oru vELai adhanAla dhAn thOkkurAngaLO? Oru dahdavai opposite team try paNNi paarunga - kanfarm paNNidalAm!
Enakku aboorva sagodharargaL kamaloda 2 side gun dhaan nyaabagam varudhu! Endha pakkan pudichi suttaalum gundu namma mEladhaan paayum :lol:

Satya you too :( cha all because of match against Punjab. Athula jeyichiruntha appdiyae continue pannirunthurukalam.

[sathya_1979]

My second team is CSK. But, they are turning me into a sadomasochist (Thanks Thilak for the phrase).

[Kalyasi]

CSK team members conv ala Run Climax....

MSD : Inniku Pieterson varuvana da

Chennai Team Members : :silent:

MSD : Avan varuvaan da, BRC Jeikum da

Joginder : Aamaam ne enakkum athaan ne bayama irukku... Avan vanthu nammala potturuvaan ne

MSD : :slap: naga kattula bayam irukaravan kooda therichu odidu

MSD : Pieterson varuvana da

Albie : 4 over thaanda maataan ne naa thookaren

MSD : illa da thaanduvaan da

Jakati : Anne avan 7 over thaanda maataan ne naa thookaren

MSD : illa da thaaduvaan da

Joginder : Anne avan 9 over thaanda maataan ne naa thookaren

MSD : nee team laye illa odi poidu, avan 9 over thaanduvaan da

Balaji : Aamaam ne thaanduvaan ne, aana run ethuvum adikka maataan ne

MSD : :hug: ... aamaam da run ethuvum adikka maataan da

[directhit]

Well, as I said, I dont "irrationally" hate MSD now. idhukku naanga patta paadu... phew (http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2314/boxing.gif)

[directhit]

Happy to hear this really.. I ( and most of us) too dont rate his batting style any better.. but the way he adapts himself in situations and his streetsmart moves, his cool at crunch situations makes me(us) to admire him.. :smokesmirk: Mahi daa... :P

[Plum]

Well, as I said, I dont "irrationally" hate MSD now. idhukku naanga patta paadu... phew (http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2314/boxing.gif)

allOv, nAngaLA thirundhuvOm. No inpluence :notthatway:
As Bala said, past grievances are buried, not that they dont exist :)

[directhit]

lol, plum - ippo neenga strategy nu solli peru vangikkalayaa.. adhu madhiri naangalum summave credit eduthuppom :twisted: but i thought i would convert u into a MS hater again, but failed :banghead:

[hamid]

lol, plum - ippo neenga strategy nu solli peru vangikkalayaa.. adhu madhiri naangalum summave credit eduthuppom :twisted: but i thought i would convert u into a MS hater again, but failed :banghead:

:rotfl2: :rotfl3:

Plum,

I also accuse u of this charge :noteeth:

[Plum]

ada ennappA medal-A koduthuttAnga naan chatterjee paNNadhukku

besides, ippollAm postlEye indication koduthadarEnE cahtterjee or non-chatterjee-nu :lol:

[Kalyasi]

lol, plum - ippo neenga strategy nu solli peru vangikkalayaa.. adhu madhiri naangalum summave credit eduthuppom :twisted: but i thought i would convert u into a MS hater again, but failed :banghead:

Nijamave naanga neraya efforts eduthu neraya nallatha sutti kaati irukom ngarthu unmai...

Mahi da..

Romba nalla irukku... inime ellathukum ippadi use pannanum... Mahi da!! :smokesmirk:

[Appu s]

lol, plum - ippo neenga strategy nu solli peru vangikkalayaa.. adhu madhiri naangalum summave credit eduthuppom :twisted: but i thought i would convert u into a MS hater again, but failed :banghead:

Nijamave naanga neraya efforts eduthu neraya nallatha sutti kaati irukom ngarthu unmai...

Mahi da..

Romba nalla irukku... inime ellathukum ippadi use pannanum... Mahi da!! :smokesmirk:

Mahi da...Vera evan da-nnu mudippom, appathan punch nachunnu irukkum :lol:

[leosimha]

Mahi ve
Mahi da

:) :D

[ajaybaskar]

Jeyikka pirandhavan Mahi da..

Ivanai edhirka thuninjavan evan da...

(Adhigama Vijay padam paakkuradhu oru vidhathula help pannudhu)

[raghavendran]

Jeyikka pirandhavan Mahi da..

Ivanai edhirka thuninjavan evan da...

(Adhigama Vijay padam paakkuradhu oru vidhathula help pannudhu)
arpudham arpudham.....enge dhoni oru anja nenjan... :smokesmirk:

[Sourav]

anja singam is an apt title for viru thread too...for the way he plays... anja nenjan-nu vaikkalaama? :think: but, mudurai-ya gnybhagapaduthura maathiri irukku... :oops:

[raghavendran]

anja singam is an apt title for viru thread too...for the way he plays... anja nenjan-nu vaikkalaama? :think: but, mudurai-ya gnybhagapaduthura maathiri irukku... :oops:
dhoni ode bravery kaage anja nenjannu sonnen...apta irukkum...madurai-- :lol: :lol:

[Plum]

anjA singam Viru dhAn. adhu cricket fieldnAlum sari, MedianAlum sari. indha nudging and nurdling for singles, batting pandrachE pammaradhu, padhungi pin pAichal idhellAm kedaiyavE kedaiyAdhu. Straight adi dhAn. He is more deserving of that title than Dhoni. And I dont mean that as a 100% compliment to Viru.
Dhoni is more calculative, and more of a winner with winning mentality. Viru is more about fearless expression but results arent guranteed as it is with Dhoni :)

[littlemaster1982]

Plum,

Eppadiyo kadaisila balance pannitteenga :lol2:

[directhit]

http://twitter.com/MSDmahi :smokesmirk:

[Kalyasi]

MSD Tweets

"Chennai still hot but rocks"

[raghavendran]

MSD Tweets

"Chennai still hot but rocks"
i want him to play for chennai next yr also...avar illame csk yosikkave mudiyale

[Kalyasi]

Sachin,Dravid and Ganguly voted for Dhoni as a Captain


Former chairman of Indian selection committee, Dilip Vengaskar reveled that all 3 guns of Indian cricket Sachin, Dravid and Ganguly suggested Dhoni as a captain of Indian team after Dravid left the Captaincy of Indian team. Dhoni got the chance to lead Indian team when all 3 big guns withdrawn from T-20 world cup. Dhoni proved their decision right by winning T-20 world cup which made it easy for him take over captaicy in all formats of cricket.

[Kalyasi]

[tscii:d7bce12a60]Biography

Personal information
Full name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
D.O.B: 7th July, 1981
Place of Birth: Ranchi, Bihar
Nickname: Mahi

Cricketing information
Batting style: Right hand batsman
Bowling style: Right arm medium
Field position: Wicketkeeper
Clubs played: Jharkhand

Cricketing profile
Mahendra Singh Dhoni started his first class career in the year 1999-2000. His one day international debut came after playing five years of first class cricket on the 23rd of December 2004 against Bangladesh. The venue of the match was in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Unfortunately, he was run out on the first ball he faced. It wasnt a great debut for him where batting is concerned. Luck wasnt on his side in the first four matches he played. Where as on the fifth match which was played against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam, Dhoni came to the crease one down and managed to score 148 runs from just 123 balls. He hit 15 boundaries and four sixes. He got his first man of the match award that day. Not only a good wicketkeeper but Dhoni proved himself to be a first class batsman too. He is one of the few finest wicketkeeper batsman India has seen after a very long time.
On the 31st of October, Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka which was played at Jaipur. Adam Gilchrist was the former record holder with 172 runs.
Before he started playing cricket, he was a football goalkeeper. Its said he drinks around four litres of milk everyday but he denied it by saying that has been exaggerated a bit. He said he loves milk and drinks around a litre on a daily basis.
On the 2nd of December 2005, Dhoni made his Test cricket debut against Srilanka which was played in Chennai, India.

Personal profile
CRICKET STAR DHONI was born and brought up in the city of Ranchi. He has two siblings. A sister who is married and a brother who lives in Almora. Almora is a high-lying town at the foot of the Himalaya which is his father’s home town. His father’s name is Pan Singh and mother’s name is Devki Devi.
His hobbies and interests include:
•Hearing music, ghazals and songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar
•Loves to ride bikes
•Enjoys playing computer games and badminton
Not interested in:
•English songs
•Working out at gyms
Special qualities:
•Thinks positive
•Highly confident about himself
•Is aggressive on the field
His Idol:
•Adam Gilchrist[/tscii:d7bce12a60]

[Kalyasi]

[tscii:3f426d2345]Achievements

Awards
•On 3rd march 2009 Dhoni got man of the match for his unbeaten 84 against New Zealand
•2nd captain who won World cup for India. MS Dhoni won the first Worldtwenty20 cup as on 24th Sept. 2007, and lead the team India to victory over Pakistan in final.
•On the 13th of February 2006, became the man of the match against Pakistan at Gadaffi Stadium for an unbeaten 72 runs
•Made man of the match against Sri Lanka on the 31st of October 2005 for scoring his highest ever unbeaten 183 runs at Sawai Mansingh Stadium
•Receives his first man of the match award against Pakistan at AC-VDCA Stadium for scoring 148 runs on the 5th of April 2005

Ranking
•Dhoni got the top position back in reliance mobile ICC ODI ranking on 2nd feb.2009 against Sri Lanka
•As on 29/09/2007, Dhoni is standing on 19th place in ODI ICC Rankings. And in Tests ICC Rankings Dhoni slips to 42nd place.
•On the 19th of April 2006, moves to the top at no. 1 position on LG’s ICC ODI player rankings
•Ranked at no. 2 position on LG’s ICC ODI player rankings on the 16th of April 2006

Records
•Holds the record for highest runs scored by a wicketkeeper, i.e. 183 not out
•His innings of 183 not out is the highest score made by anyone in the second innings of an ODI. The former record was held by Brian Lara for scoring 153 against Pakistan
•Became the first Indian to hit 10 sixes in an ODI
•Made a record of scoring 120 runs in an ODI from boundaries and sixes(15 boundaries and 10 sixes)
•Is the only second Indian to reach 1st position on LG’s ICC ODI batting rankings

Other Achievements
•Indian team led by Dhoni end the 33 years drought in NZ by winning first test in Hamilton.
•On 26th Feb. 2009 Dhoni got Padam Shri Award for his contribution to cricket.
•After his success in WorldTwenty20 he was announced to get Jharkhand Ratna
•Won the Pepsi & MTV Youth Icon of the year 2006
•Nominated for NDTV Youth Icon of the year 2006[/tscii:3f426d2345]

[directhit]

Sachin,Dravid and Ganguly voted for Dhoni as a Captain


Former chairman of Indian selection committee, Dilip Vengaskar reveled that all 3 guns of Indian cricket Sachin, Dravid and Ganguly suggested Dhoni as a captain of Indian team after Dravid left the Captaincy of Indian team. Dhoni got the chance to lead Indian team when all 3 big guns withdrawn from T-20 world cup. Dhoni proved their decision right by winning T-20 world cup which made it easy for him take over captaicy in all formats of cricket. :smokesmirk:

[Appu s]

Sachin,Dravid and Ganguly voted for Dhoni as a Captain


Former chairman of Indian selection committee, Dilip Vengaskar reveled that all 3 guns of Indian cricket Sachin, Dravid and Ganguly suggested Dhoni as a captain of Indian team after Dravid left the Captaincy of Indian team. Dhoni got the chance to lead Indian team when all 3 big guns withdrawn from T-20 world cup. Dhoni proved their decision right by winning T-20 world cup which made it easy for him take over captaicy in all formats of cricket.

:bow: :bow: :bow:

[VinodKumar's]

Sachin,Dravid and Ganguly voted for Dhoni as a Captain


Former chairman of Indian selection committee, Dilip Vengaskar reveled that all 3 guns of Indian cricket Sachin, Dravid and Ganguly suggested Dhoni as a captain of Indian team after Dravid left the Captaincy of Indian team. Dhoni got the chance to lead Indian team when all 3 big guns withdrawn from T-20 world cup. Dhoni proved their decision right by winning T-20 world cup which made it easy for him take over captaicy in all formats of cricket.

:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

[directhit]

What an innings :bow: :bow:

and boxing himself after the six was :lol: :smokesmirk: havent seen him swear so much :o

[vanchi]

:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

amazing knock. most crucial time. :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk:

[Kalyasi]

:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: Thalaivaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[mgb]

Hitting a six when your team requires most is one thing.. doing it twice in the last over while chasing and hitting them for almost 110mtrs+.. what a determination :bow: :bow:

[Plum]

Dhoni for TN CM in 2016 anyone? Or, 2021 if 2016 is too early - joe ippO ennai roast ppaNNa pOraar!

[Kalyasi]

2016 namma kai ille...

Pacha manja pink thamizhan thaan
intha ulagatha ratchika vantha kadavulum nee thaan

[directhit]

Kalyan - idhu indha thread la irukkattum :P


DH great Avtar... antha video link iruntha kodunga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3ODtQUXiJs

[joe]

Dhoni for TN CM in 2016 anyone? Or, 2021 if 2016 is too early - joe ippO ennai roast ppaNNa pOraar!

EvvaLavo paathutom 8-)

[ajaybaskar]

Reg that boxing part,

He wanted to prove something to someone and he did it in style. CSK has never lost to KXIP with Dhoni in the team.

[MADDY]

Dhoni goes one step ahead today........taking such a team into semis is a great achievement - however you look at it......and what a finisher he is turning out to be - he is really Bevan reinvented 8-)

[Plum]

Well, if we talk about teams, even deccan is pathetic. I mean, only suman has done average among domestic players(rohit eq raina, dhoni gt or eq gilly,and there is dead heat otherwise)

Again, to diss the csk team even after this is condemnable. Even badri did well today. Only one pace bowler slot is weak but gilly has managed a similar slot with harmeet. It is a bit unfair this dissing of csk team to praise dhoni

[MADDY]

bala and me were SMSing abt this - hayden (and badri before this match) had woeful form and we didnt have batsmen to replace them - idhu dhaan nalla squadaaa...........morkel, kempm murali, jakati couldnt get anything right and still we made it to semis - idhellam ennavaam.........CSK squad is pretty lousy and lion's share of reaching semis credit must go to Annan only.........Gilly-kku credit kudukkradhu, kudukkaadhadhu andha respettive threat-la vechhikonga......

btw, Dhoni by this victory and taking team into semis must have carved out a huge fan base in chennai 8-) ...........chennai ini Dhoni fort : :smokesmirk:

[Kalyasi]

Mahi da :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk:

[Vivasaayi]

Dhoni goes one step ahead today........taking such a team into semis is a great achievement - however you look at it......and what a finisher he is turning out to be - he is really Bevan reinvented 8-)

:lol:

the team took dhoni till this stage and dhoni did well in this match..avlothan!

if u look at the all the matches - raina was consistent all thru the matches,vijay played a couple of matches,haydos won a match,bollinger won a match,badri payer in two to three matches,morkel played in a couple of matches,dhoni has played in a cpuple of matches...

after all t20 is about a couple of players chipping in...everyone couldnot hit a 50 in a match..

everyone chipped in at some moment...ennamo dhonithaan teama thalaila thooki vechu semisku kondu pona maadhiri pesureengale..even his captaincy worked in certain matches,hurt in few.

its certainly not a lousy side.

vijay,raina,dhoni,morkel laam lousiya..dont say morkel is out of form - he was given oppurtunity to bat only on few occasions and proved his worth in those.

hayeden out of form thavira,this is an excellent batting line up,which any captain would take.

bowling - only one pace bowler is missing and thats the case for every team in IPL.

[Plum]

Even out of form hayden won match for us single handedly. Maybe it was dhoni wearing a hayden mask against delhi or dhoni's motivating talk that made hayden hit 93 otherwise he is a lousy batsman

Last whole year we won most matches on hayden's indiv brilliancem but what do we know.

Maddy doesn't come here whwne dhoni fails - evne when other csk players win the match foer the team.

Dhoni oru match nallaa aditta vandhu ipdi sollittu poyidaraar. Maybe, we are bigger fans of csk :)

[lawmani]

whatever you say... 2 overs 29 to win, 1 over 16.. in a knock-out game, when you are captain of the side, you need to be MSD...

enga thala Dhonikku periya whistle adeenga...

[directhit]

vivs, so this team minus MSD would have come to 3 semis with any another captain illayaa?! :thumbsup:

oh.. and only one pace bowler missing :lol2: okie, kud keep it up

[Vivasaayi]

vivs, so this team minus MSD would have come to 3 semis with any another captain illayaa?! :thumbsup:

oh.. and only one pace bowler missing :lol2: okie, kud keep it up

pch...dhoni also contributed.But dhoni only contributed - dhoni only took the team to the semis than romba toomuchu.

[Vivasaayi]

whatever you say... 2 overs 29 to win, 1 over 16.. in a knock-ou game, when you are captain of the side, you need to be MSD...



I accept it.It was an awesome knock :)

and also irfan...dhoni ku OP ...adhuvum medium pacela.. :clap:

[directhit]

plum - second IPL we won most matches coz of hayden :o again :thumbsup:

the squad is the second weakest (after rajasthan) in the tournament, i would say that again. its not saying csk is a bad team - its been individual brilliance mostly, haydos/raina/msd (in all 3 ipls) - vijay and ashwin in ipl4. hussey shined in very few matches in ipl1, badri has been providing good support in both ipl2, 3. bowling has been a joke mostly, fielding as well except for last few matches.
its not blaming the guys in the team or even the squad - the mgmt were not ready to invest in a squad - imo they should have suffered, but still they get the semis berth everytime and given a chance know what they might even retain the same squad for ipl4 :bow:

[Vivasaayi]

directhit,

what else do u need the team management to do? - the franchise has been excellent in team selection.



they have bollinger,murali in the bowling dept.

they have hayden,raina,dhoni,morkel in batting dept.

vijay,parthiv - two of the most promising domestic talents among domestic batsmen.

I dont know what u expect from Team management - a team with gary sobers,bradman or what?

especially..selection parthiv,raina,vijay are masterstrokes!

[directhit]

vivs, so this team minus MSD would have come to 3 semis with any another captain illayaa?! :thumbsup:

oh.. and only one pace bowler missing :lol2: okie, kud keep it up

pch...dhoni also contributed.But dhoni only contributed - dhoni only took the team to the semis than romba toomuchu. illaye MS as a batsman has won only two games in ipl4. even he has accepted that .. but there is more to captaincy than batting and scoring runs illayaa? backing ur players/maintaining a level head/the body language on the field/marshalling ur troops... yeah all these doesnt come into existence when we win - only when we lose

its been individual efforts (except for few matches like, attempt to defend 112 against DD and the match vs Mumbai) winning the team most of times for us - infact vijay/raina has scored some 60-70% of runs for us this season - no second thoughts on that

[directhit]

vivs - heard of teams Delhi/Mumbai/KKR/KXI (yeah even them)/BRC and DC?! they have bradman/sobers/ambrose and viv richards playing for em :lol2:

and morkel in batting dept :bow: :bow:

CSK mgmt seems to be the most Kanjus after Rajasthan

[Vivasaayi]

illaye MS as a batsman has won only two games in ipl4. even he has accepted that .. but there is more to captaincy than batting and scoring runs illayaa?



its been individual efforts (except for few matches like, attempt to defend 112 against DD and the match vs Mumbai) winning the team most of times for us

Now u are contradicting urself!

yes.Dhoni is a good captain...but..as u said its individual brilliances like haydos,vijay and dhoni yesterday that pushed us to semis

[Plum]

Deccan has a worse squad. Vaas leaked, brouht harris and rp, they leaked worse; gilly failed worse than hayden(he'll ofcourse correct this in semis,gilly); no m vijay equivalent, not even a badri equivalent. Symmo did well only on and off. All other overseas players failures(d wayne smith worse than morkel)m

But idhellaam naama othukkamaattom EnnA varalaaru miga mukkiyam

[Vivasaayi]

vivs - heard of teams Delhi/Mumbai/KKR/KXI (yeah even them)/BRC and DC?! they have bradman/sobers/ambrose and viv richards playing for em :lol2:

and morkel in batting dept :bow: :bow:



morkel was consistent than dhoni in batting in this tournament..right?

leave other teams - which batsman in our team do u say is a poor choice.. ????

[directhit]

illaye MS as a batsman has won only two games in ipl4. even he has accepted that .. but there is more to captaincy than batting and scoring runs illayaa?



its been individual efforts (except for few matches like, attempt to defend 112 against DD and the match vs Mumbai) winning the team most of times for us

Now u are contradicting urself!

yes.Dhoni is a good captain...but..as u said its individual brilliances like haydos,vijay and dhoni yesterday that pushed us to semis

nope - i have been saying this again and again - we are thrice in semis not coz of MSD's batting alone. there have been much better peformers in ipl3. he was one of major contributors in ipl1/2 as a batsman. looks like the captaincy thing is overrated as per you - give a good squad and anyone can win is perhaps the motto. then i have nothing much to discuss.

[lawmani]

very good analysis about Deccan, Plum. aana CSK rocks. MSD is our thala :p

[Vivasaayi]

direct hit,

i dont consider captaincy thingi as overhyped.If you say warne's captaincy pushed rajathan to win the cup in IPL 1 - adhula oru nyayam irukku dharmam irukku.

If u say dhoni made hayden smash delhi so we won,

dhoni made vijay smash a century - so we won

dhoni made raina play well - so we won

dhoni made bollinger pick 4 wickets - so we won

dhoni made murali pick wickets in the firt half of the tournament - so we won - thats too much.

these are not rookies.

Dhoni is a good captain -I accept.But in this tournament - every match we had won - few extra ordinary talents have put up their hands.

[directhit]

morkel was consistent than dhoni in batting in this tournament..right? :o idhu eppo? :P

leave other teams - which batsman in our team do u say is a poor choice.. ???? we have how many batsman in the playing 11?


i dont consider captaincy thingi as overhyped.If you say warne's captaincy pushed rajathan to win the cup in IPL 1 - adhula oru nyayam irukku dharmam irukku. ada saringa :bow: w/o hussey/hayden we reached finals - naama jogindher cud have also made it :bow:


Dhoni is a good captain -I accept.But in this tournament - every match we had won - few extra ordinary talents have put up their hands. its not that MS scores their runs or takes wickets. there is something called backing ur players. bollinger doesnt come in this category. hayden (you will see in semis)/vijay/ashwin does come in that - this is not to belittle their performances, but its a very very important factor. anyways adha vidunga, once we win its all players and we lose its all the captain - happens everywhere, no issues :lol:

[directhit]

But idhellaam naama othukkamaattom EnnA varalaaru miga mukkiyam

Symmo did well only on and off. righttu :bow:

[Kalyasi]

how come shane warne gets the credit for IPL 1 then? Did he play for yusuf pathan, did he ask raina to drop pathan in the finals? Did he teach grame smith and asnodkar how to bowl? Did he play for man of the series shane watson? Did he bowl for star performer sohail tanvir? Did he win a match single handedly?

[Kalyasi]

Plum naama thaan vella kaaranukku salaam podara aal aache... Vella kaaran panna brilliant, athaye Indian panna thooo va.... Super oiyi umma yardstick and logic... Neer inime matha commentators pathi pesa pdathu... Fairplay layum 2 times naanga thaan number 1

[Plum]

[tscii:748d0979f3]Shane Warne mEla errest warrant already irukku kals :)
Dhoni's captaincy is one of the factors for csk to win. And I am not going to argue with dh and kals on this because I think they recognise this. MÀddy dhaan dhoni dhaan elloraiyum katputhli maadhiri iyakki jeyikka vekkaraarunnu solraar.

Csk team is not as bad as it is being made out here. I didn't realise this was dhoni thread - csk threadnu nenaichu ivlo post pannittEn. Unga movie hall idhu...ninga dts-la padam Ottunga. Sorry for switching on the lights. :wave:[/tscii:748d0979f3]

[Kalyasi]

Vijay ya oore thittinappa back panna ore aal MSD thaaan ba... Poi muralidharan interview va padinga.... Ithunaaala fleming kum dhoni kum cold war nu VB ye sonaaru.... Ashwin a back panni opening with Ashwin ellam surely helped our cause...

[directhit]

Vijay ya oore thittinappa back panna ore aal MSD thaaan ba... Poi muralidharan interview va padinga.... Ithunaaala fleming kum dhoni kum cold war nu VB ye sonaaru.... Ashwin a back panni opening with Ashwin ellam surely helped our cause... heck every armchair pundit was asking for murali to be played after the loss vs DC - any other captain would have removed Ashwin and got in Murali. else thts 3 offspinners in the squad plus Jakati - MS played 4 spinners effectively. and Ashwin won that game for us as well 8-) well whom do we credit - yeah Ashwin ALONE :bow:

[lawmani]

Ashwin a back panni opening with Ashwin ellam surely helped our cause...

:thumbsup:

did u guys see VPrasad (bowling master) trying to get into the huddle to congratulate MSD...

:rotfl3:

[directhit]

Csk team is not as bad as it is being made out here. I didn't realise this was dhoni thread - csk threadnu nenaichu ivlo post pannittEn. Unga movie hall idhu...ninga dts-la padam Ottunga. Sorry for switching on the lights. :wave: we are forced to play Badri and Hussey together in the finishing overs, Tyagi opens the bowling or even bowl at the Death... and this squad is balanced :huh: and btw Lights are already on, u havent removed ur coolers yet!

[Plum]

Hmm when things were going wrong, msd's hands are tied in selection; fleming decides everything_nu maddy and ningallaam urakka sonnInga. Ippo ella decisionum msd dhAn eduhtaarnu solInga. So jeyicha msd, thotha team/flem dhaan reason. Bale!

Kals,I have been dissing warne's so called magic whenever opp arose. When he lost 4 matches in the start, I was gloating here :) apram he started doing well so I had to pammify because more I dissed him, more rr did well. Pamminavune dhaan they started losing.

[directhit]

Hmm when things were going wrong, msd's hands are tied in selection; fleming decides everything_nu maddy and ningallaam urakka sonnInga. Ippo ella decisionum msd dhAn eduhtaarnu solInga. So jeyicha msd, thotha msd/flem dhaan reason. Bale! dont remember maddy saying that. mgb anna said so and he is not even in the msd 'fanatic' group :P nor have seen kalyan saying that, not me as well
but you can obv see the differences b/w em as it is - i was surprised to not see MS come in at 3 more often - he did only in one match perhaps on his own account (and failed as well). murali playing along with jakati and ashwin was a surprise for me. has to be a clash of egos there. vijay opening - muralidharan already spilled the beans on that.. and then ashwin opening... sari vidunga neenga othukkava poreenga

[Plum]

Playing huss/badri together was faulty batting order - not a squad roblem. One can say poor captaincy but ofcourse, that would be a low jibe so I won't. If dhoni is a big hitter and badri consolidtor, then why send him in that position? Mgb/hamid have been saying this all along - send badri early or don't select him at all and this was proven yesterday. So, sending badri at #6 so far was flem's decision? Yesterday's batting order was msd's decision?

One thing - if msd goes to pune, maddy youlAm anti csk aayiduvInga but I hope/think not so with kalyasi and a few others here

[directhit]

Playing huss/badri together was faulty batting order - not a squad roblem. One can say poor captaincy but ofcourse, that would be a low jibe so I won't. If dhoni is a big hitter and badri consolidtor, then why send him in that position? Mgb/hamid have been saying this all along - send badri early or don't select him at all and this was proven yesterday. So, sending badri at #6 so far was flem's decision? Yesterday's batting order was msd's decision? so huss/badri plays where? plum - MSD himself has said he needs to face off some deliveries b4 hitting out - thts why he comes in earlier and tries to play till end. Badri kku badhilaa select panna yaarumillaingaradhu dhaan indha squad oda weakness.. Badri was not at 6 so far!!

One thing - if msd goes to pune, maddy youlAm anti csk aayiduvInga but I hope/think not so with kalyasi and a few others here thx, i can take my own decisions though, you can limit ur thinking cap to finding faults with MSD alone :D

[lawmani]

If dhoni is a big hitter and badri consolidtor, then why send him in that position? Mgb/hamid have been saying this all along - send badri early or don't select him at all and this was proven yesterday. So, sending badri at #6 so far was flem's decision? Yesterday's batting order was msd's decision?



I think batting order is always tricky.. sending Badri earlier seems to be better, particularly from Badri's point of view :p



One thing - if msd goes to pune, maddy youlAm anti csk aayiduvInga but I hope/think not so with kalyasi and a few others here

CSK all the way!

[Kalyasi]

yaaru sonna, fleming thaan ella decesion ayum edukaraan nu naan sollave illa... Toss jeicha batting pannanum nu fleming a convince pannave romba kastama irnthuchu nu MSD thaan velipadayave sonaaru... he had to convince fleming for each and every decesion he made.... VB oda blog a naa daily inga update pannaren illa.. poi padinga... Dropping murali cost us the game nu eppadi solli irukaaru VB nu.... MSD backed certaing players and they came good...

[Plum]

Kadaisila idhai solliduvinga :)
indha faultlaam we didn't find when we won yest. But hagiography paarkarachE, we react avLO dhAn.
Btw, maddy did blame fleming for the faulty decisions and gave clean chit to msd.

If csk win, who is going to complain? But going by this thread, that event will take msd above taylor, waugh, brearley(over hyped guy, btw), warne(another over hype), gilly(aussies did the same gilly is great captain routine last year after dc won), border, and any other good/great captain in cricket history

If mumbai win, which they won't, I will never call Sachin a great captain based on that. He has done well as captain but after that luck plays a huge part which if he has mumbai will win.

[Kalyasi]

Dhoni ye sollitaaru inime lottery nu... ponga ponga...

[Plum]

Kals, ninga sonna edhulayum I didn't counter anything.I don't know why you have to feel that way.

I also felt msd was being constrained but some people only say that to wash his hands off failed decisions - that is the curious part.

[Kalyasi]

I have always been saying that Badri shld open instead of Hayden... naa eppo sollala nu sollunga paapom plum... not easy making decisions as a captain... we have to accept that... but overall he has done very well as a captain...

[Kalyasi]

Kals, ninga sonna edhulayum I didn't counter anything.I don't know why you have to feel that way.

I also felt msd was being constrained but some people only say that to wash his hands off failed decisions - that is the curious part.

No one said this plum... Maddy sollave illa nu naa adichu solluven... failed decisions kandippa irukku and every captain would have that...

[Plum]

That it is a lottery after semis is something I have said many times here. And it is quite a simple observation. Infact, that lottery thingngaradai vechu dhaan I have been debunking warne and gilly last 2 years.
Anyway, deccan marubadiyum jeyikka povudhu - gilly "indha squadai vechukittu 2 varusham winn pannittaare"-nu aussie pasanga ezhudha poraanga. Appo irukku enakku BP rise!

[Plum]

I have always been saying that Badri shld open instead of Hayden... naa eppo sollala nu sollunga paapom plum... not easy making decisions as a captain... we have to accept that... but overall he has done very well as a captain...
Ofcourse he has done extremely well and more importantly, embraced Chennai - idhu varaikkum not a single comment on the weather, or compalining about lack of indhi, and he has gone up my respect stakes several notches for that - no doubt about that

[Kalyasi]

[tscii:f1a349ee64]Raina comes of age

Dharamsala: Suresh Raina has already experienced his fair share of ups and downs during his fledgling career but the youngster seems to be fulfilling his potential. After scoring 46 off 27 balls for Chennai Super Kings in their crucial match against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday, the left-hander is now the tournament’s leading runscorer.

In an exclusive interview with iplt20.com, Raina spoke about his new batting approach, playing under MS Dhoni at CSK and learning a new work ethic from Sachin and Co.

Excerpts

It has been a group stage of fluctuating fortunes for Chennai Super Kings but you must be pleased on making it to the semi-finals?
Yeah, if you look at the first two editions of the IPL, we played the final in the first edition and were semi-finalists in the second season. And here we are again in the semi-finals. We are a team to reckon with. We have been consistent in IPL. Hopefully, we will have two games more to go and we will perform to our potential in those two matches.

The Chennai Super Kings batting looks powerful with MS Dhoni coming good just in time.
He (Dhoni) batted really well. He was really keen to score some runs and what an innings he played today. Those shots over mid-off and mid-on were awesome. He batted extremely well. He won the game for us and runs from his bat are really positive signs for us. Badri (Subramanium Badrinath) also batted well. So, our key batsmen are among the runs and the team morale is high when you score a win like the one we did today.

Tell us something about your bonding with MS Dhoni.
He is a very nice man - a dear friend of mine, a great student of the game. He gives so much of confidence to youngsters and his colleagues. If you look at his record, he is the best finisher in the game right now. He is a fantastic leader and leads by example. I am pretty sure that he will lead us to glory in the World Twenty20 as well. :smokesmirk:

How is it having the same man as captain for your national and IPL sides?
Yeah, it helps a lot. To be honest he knows me well. He understands my game and that really helps both as a cricketer and as a person.

You are going through a ‘purple patch’ with the bat. Everything you hit seems to touch the boundary ropes. How have you managed this consistency?
By the grace of God I have been hitting the ball well. If you see I have finished a couple of games for Chennai Super Kings. I have been middling the ball really well. Coming into the IPL, I was doing well in the domestic game and for Team India. So the confidence was always there and this season I also had my thinking cap on. I told myself that I will not smash every ball and will play each delivery according to its merit. I decided to first get my eye in and then go for big shots and that has been my conscious effort throughout the IPL. I told myself that I have to play at least 40 balls in each match this season. And this has worked really well for me and I hope to continue in the same vein in the next two games. I am the highest run-scorer and we as a team want to win the title this season.

How do you prepare for a Twenty20 match? What goes through your mind and what’s the secret for that consistency?
Look, Twenty20 is all about the confidence. I go into the middle with the mindset that I have to dominate the opposition. I have improved a lot in the last couple of years. I think now my shot selection is better and the judgment of deliveries has also fallen in line for me. I am looking to hit the ball with a straight bat rather than smashing it over everywhere. I know that whenever I will get a loose ball I can hit it quite a far distance so I do not worry about the rate of scoring. I think here a lot of credit goes to Gary (Kirsten) and Flem (Stephen Fleming).

From being named as one of the ten players to watch out for by Wisden to highest scorer in IPL, you have come a long way.
Yeah, it was a great honour for me when I was named as one of the cricketers to watch out for in the present decade by Wisden. I was really happy and I must thank my family who have always stood by me and encouraged me to be what I am today. I have been to boarding school and that period instilled a lot of discipline in me. And of course playing with Sachin (Tendulkar), Rahul (Dravid), MS (Dhoni), Yuvi (Yuvraj Singh), Viru (Virender Sehwag) and Gautam (Gambhir) has been a great experience for me both as a cricketer and as an individual. It is a different experience altogether when you have someone like Sachin in your side. His work ethics inspire you for greater success. You learn a lot just by watching him and other seniors.

Talking about the seniors did Mr Cricket and Mrs Cricket tell you something (Mike Hussey is nicknamed as Mr Cricket and Muttiah Muralitharan has been named Mrs Cricket by Stephen Fleming]?
Yeah it is fantastic to have Mrs And Mr Cricket in my side. Both Hussey and Murali have been telling me that I am ready for Test cricket. We are now the No. 1 Test side and I am really looking forward to playing the longer version of the game for my country. My goal is to play Test cricket. The day I represent my country in Test matches, that will be the greatest day of my cricketing career.

Batting was never an issue for Chennai but it was their bowling which was a concern. However, with Doug Bollinger do you think that has been sorted out?
Dougie has been bowling well for us throughout the tournament. Before joining us he was performing well against New Zealand while representing Australia. He is an asset for us and a great team man.

You grabbed Bollinger by the hair and tugged hard when he took a wicket. What did he tell you?
I will never do that again.

http://iplt20.com/news_detail.php?id=1579&category=news [/tscii:f1a349ee64]

[Plum]

"I will never do that again"
Looks like Bollinger has taken care of Raina off-screen :)

[lawmani]

[tscii:75f5e41355]Raina comes of age

...It is a different experience altogether when you have someone like Sachin in your side. His work ethics inspire you for greater success. You learn a lot just by watching him and other seniors....

...We are now the No. 1 Test side and I am really looking forward to playing the longer version of the game for my country. My goal is to play Test cricket. The day I represent my country in Test matches, that will be the greatest day of my cricketing career...

http://iplt20.com/news_detail.php?id=1579&category=news [/tscii:75f5e41355]
:thumbsup:

[raghavendran]

nammakkudhaan cup...enne momentum...dhoni inningsukku apparam..boyslam pumpeda iruppange 8-) :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk:

[raghavendran]

dhoni has become a chennai guy...in epl..rooney was a london guy,from everton club..but after he joined manu..every1 forgot he is from london..he became a manchester guy..adhepole dhoni...M.S.DHONI from CHENNAI....அவர் இல்லாம சென்னையெ இல்லை :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk:

[MADDY]

One thing - if msd goes to pune, maddy youlAm anti csk aayiduvInga but I hope/think not so with kalyasi and a few others here thx, i can take my own decisions though, you can limit ur thinking cap to finding faults with MSD alone :D

seriously............naa sonnadha ennama twist pannni, enna oru final conclusion :lol: ......naa flemming-a blame panrenaaam :lol: probably anbar plum doesent realise im a bigger fan of stephen flemming than dhoni himself and i posted that this is my dream combo - Dhoni captain and flemming as coach/stratergist :bow: ......thappu senja DHoni-ayum kurai sollirukkom - enga veettu pillai avaru......

raina, ashwin, vijay - nalla consistenta pannanga......murali, haydos, albie appa appa nalla pannanga - enga pasangala naangale illainnu solluvoma?? but that doesent make me blindly shoot north indians and australians and form a jdugement that "all is well" within the camp..........we had problems and lots of it - remba depleted squad dhaan idhu.........but oru cohesion, binding factor, absorbing pressure ellam enga annan-aala mattum dhaan mudiyin - that is the most significant reason why CSK made it to semis.........i will say this even with a anti-dhoni guy pistol on my head :P .............

ok, vittruvom - dhoni saadharana captain dhaan, CSK nalla squad dhaan.......but without that knock yesterday - CSK wouldnt have made it to semis illaya :huh: ........watever efforts of raina, vijay, ashwin and great batting efforts of albie throughout the torunament would have gone in vain if mahi hadnt hit such a ferocious knock......eppadi paathalum, Dhoni took CSK to semis dhaan-nnu nikkum....... 8-)

last but not least, varalaaru engalakku ennaikkume mukkiyam illa - annan records-a thedi pora aalu illa........varalaaru, annan-a adhuva thedi varudhu :smokesmirk:

and for gods sake - plum u r always allowed in this thread - unga karuthu though very unfair on annan and me is always welcome here.........we are very secure on our MSD support :)

[Plum]

Maddy, I dont want to drag this any further. oodAila Deccan pugundhura kUdadhu idhAn ennOda orE latchiyam (AhA idhuvallavA...) now. Suspend hostilities.

As a passing note, which other squads are better than CSK? Why? ( leave out RCB and MI, who are obviously better - even there RCB's batting without Sachin is not at all dependable)

[kid-glove]

in epl..rooney was a london guy,from everton club.
Rooney is a Scouser, and his accent is pure Scouse (still can't frame sentences properly if you watch his interviews). Played for Blue side of Liverpool, Everton (Not a London club). Who are rivals to Liverpool, who are rivals to Manchester united. Made his transfer easier. Not sure how you arrive at Dhoni to Rooney comparison. There's never been a more aggressive, and petulant player than Rooney. He winds-up Everton fans (who still hate him for moving).

Actually you can't find many comparisons to Dhoni to Football players, where you need a certain bit of aggression and petulance about them. To win favor of referees, and to play in a contact sport.

[MADDY]

As a passing note, which other squads are better than CSK? Why? ( leave out RCB and MI, who are obviously better - even there RCB's batting without Sachin is not at all dependable)

i dont know abt that - but when we didnt have batsmen or bowlers to replace non-performers then i dont think we can call ourselves our a balanced side or good side.....

[MADDY]

Not sure how you arrive at Dhoni to Rooney comparison

he clearly mentions geographical reasons......there was no skill level comparison here.....

[kid-glove]

Not sure how you arrive at Dhoni to Rooney comparison

he clearly mentions geographical reasons......there was no skill level comparison here.....
Geographically, he got it wrong. Everton isn't in London. Liverpool is very close to Manchester. Takes an hour max.

Weird comparison :confused2:

[Kalyasi]

Puthu Dilli Daredevil

Warner
Sehwag
Gambhir
Dilshan/ABCDE
Collingwood
Karthik
Manhas/Jadhav
Mishra
Nehra
Nannes/Vettori
Ladda/Yadav

Cant ask for a better squad, see their replacements... woderful squad

KXIP

Jayavarthan
Marsh
Sagan
Yuvi
Badhaan
Sohal/Bisla
Karan Goel (Ivanukku Saanse kedaikala)
Theron/Lee
Chawla
Love Ablish/VRV/Sreeshanth (inga thaan failure e)
R Powar

Seems to be a good enuf one

KKR

Gayle
DADA
Mccullum/Hodge/Hussey/O Shah (Wareh Wah)
C Pujara
M Tiwary
A Mathews
W Saha
S Bond/ A Mendis (Mendis Flop)
M Karthik/I Abdullah
I Sharma/ A Agarkar ( Ingayum Flop)
A Dinda

Rajasthan

A Lumb/ G Smith
N Ohja
S Watson
Y Pathan
A JhunJhunwala
A Voges
F Fazal (Flop)
A Raut
Sid Trivedi
S Warne
A Dole/Munaf Patel/ Someone (Ok ferf)

Deccan

A Gilchrist (Flop)
M Mishra/ Laxman (Ok)
T Suman
R Sharma
A Symonds
M Marsh/D Smith/ H Gibbs (Ok)
Sumanth
Vass/Harris
Harmeet
Ohja
R Sharma/ RP Singh (Failure)

Chennai

M Hayden (buss)
M Vijay/ P Patel (Vijay has been wonderful)
S Raina
S Badrinath (ok)
MSD (ok)
A Morkel ( every match conceeding above 50 in 4 overs)
J Kemp/ Murali/ Thusara (Flop)
S Anirudha/A Karthik/ L Balaji/ Ganapathy (Balaji Waste others no chance)
R Ashwin (Super)
S Jakati (uvaak)
D Bollinger (good)

[MADDY]

Geographically, he got it wrong. Everton isn't in London.

oho

[kid-glove]

Geographically, he got it wrong. Everton isn't in London.

oho

From United, Bryan Robson offers the best comparison to Dhoni, but the latter is surely more intelligent, and astute. Cricket's captaincy is a lot more tactical-oriented than Football, where the coach/manager takes the decision..

[MADDY]

Geographically, he got it wrong. Everton isn't in London.

oho

From United, Bryan Robson offers the best comparison to Dhoni, but the latter is surely more intelligent, and astute. Cricket's captaincy is a lot more tactical-oriented than Football, where the coach/manager takes the decision..

yes, thats true

[Plum]

Kals, Murali was a solid presence in the first few matches before Rajasthan 246 match. It is unfair to lable him a flop. Same with Jakati - he has done ok.

Deccan - you can see their bowling has as much failed as ours, and they have the worst last 6 overs record. So, angEyum oNNum perusA illai
The one captain who failed miesrably was Gambhir who should have done much better with Delhi squad - his excuse is that Nehra and Nannes went missing for many matches but still they lost due to bad captaincy and leadership only.

Sanga had Yuvi to deal with. Enough said. Poor Sanga. And their bowling is good only on paper - Lee, Sreesanth, Piyush. Pathan, Powar.


Man by man comparison
Deccan

Gilly vs Hayden - atleast Hayden played one match winning knock. Note: This will change after semis wherein Gilly will come to the party. CSK had the better candidate
VVS/Mohnish vs M Vijay/Parthiv - obviously CSK
Suman vs Badri etc - slight edge for Suman
Rohit vs Raina = equal
Morkel vs Symonds - Symonds by a big margin
Sumanth/Venu vs A Karthik/Ganapathy - equal
Dhoni vs Marsh/Smith - Dhoni
Vaas/Harris vs Bollinger = almost equal
Ojha vs Ashwin - Ojha but Ashwin is not far behind
Harmeet vs Balaji/Tyagi - Harmeet
RP Singh vs Jakati - Jakati slight edge


So, only Symonds and Harmeet singh are huge differences for Deccan, more than made up by CSK's gains in Dhoni, Vijay and Hayden in comparison to counterparts. And Harmeet is any better than Balaji etc? - some credit to Gilly for using him effectively?

[MADDY]

some credit to Gilly for using him effectively?

kudhuthukonga, yaaru venaamnu sonnanga?? :?

[raghavendran]

Not sure how you arrive at Dhoni to Rooney comparison

he clearly mentions geographical reasons......there was no skill level comparison here.....
Geographically, he got it wrong. Everton isn't in London. Liverpool is very close to Manchester. Takes an hour max.

Weird comparison :confused2:
even liverpool then my comparison is more correct than i thought...liverpool arch rivals of man u...accepting a liverpool man as a manu guy is more tougher and people have done that...i just wanted to tell how people forget a player's origin once they start playing for their club... :P

[Plum]

raghav, the rivalry is with Liverpool FC( I am limited when it comes to football myself, but I think I am right).
Everton are bitter local rivals of Liverpool.
So, they are lesser of an anathema to MUFC than Everton, I believe.

Enemykku enemy friend-nu kUda oru theory apply paNNaLAm, besides

[kid-glove]

Not sure how you arrive at Dhoni to Rooney comparison

he clearly mentions geographical reasons......there was no skill level comparison here.....
Geographically, he got it wrong. Everton isn't in London. Liverpool is very close to Manchester. Takes an hour max.

Weird comparison :confused2:
even liverpool then my comparison is more correct than i thought...liverpool arch rivals of man u...accepting a liverpool man as a manu guy is more tougher and people have done that...

He played for Liverpool's rivals, Everton. Who aren't United's arch rivals. Selladhu selladhu :P


i just wanted to tell how people forget a player's origin once they start playing for their club... :P
Ok. Innum nalla analogy think panni irukkalam.

[raghavendran]

Not sure how you arrive at Dhoni to Rooney comparison

he clearly mentions geographical reasons......there was no skill level comparison here.....
Geographically, he got it wrong. Everton isn't in London. Liverpool is very close to Manchester. Takes an hour max.

Weird comparison :confused2:
even liverpool then my comparison is more correct than i thought...liverpool arch rivals of man u...accepting a liverpool man as a manu guy is more tougher and people have done that...

He played for Liverpool's rivals, Everton. Who aren't United's arch rivals. Selladhu selladhu :P


i just wanted to tell how people forget a player's origin once they start playing for their club... :P
Ok. Innum nalla analogy think panni irukkalam.
aaga mothatule vere ooru karan dhaane...dhonikku adhu nallve porundhum...idhukku mele neenge enne solla vareengennu puriyale...rooney...u r a manu guy..nnu oru poster pathen by a fan..adhan thonichu...ungalukku pudikkalenne adhu en thappu ille... :evil:

[kid-glove]

raghav, the rivalry is with Liverpool FC( I am limited when it comes to football myself, but I think I am right).
Everton are bitter local rivals of Liverpool.
So, they are lesser of an anathema to MUFC than Everton, I believe.

Enemykku enemy friend-nu kUda oru theory apply paNNaLAm, besides

:exactly:

Bryan Robson, old United captain, is perhaps the closest analogy in terms of a player coming from another region (midlands), and becoming one of their own.

Raghavendran,
Nevermind. Just for argument sake. :)

[19thmay]

RV - Romba naala kekanum-nu nenachen. Ungga DP-la Dhoni pakkathula nikkiradhu yaaru?

[kid-glove]

RV - Romba naala kekanum-nu nenachen. Ungga DP-la Dhoni pakkathula nikkiradhu yaaru?

:twisted:

Madhavan 8-)

[19thmay]

Oh :lol: thanks Kid

meiyyalumE therilaba!

[raghavendran]

Oh :lol: thanks Kid

meiyyalumE therilaba!
idhu konjam over... :)

[Plum]

Oh :lol: thanks Kid

meiyyalumE therilaba!
:lol:

Madhavan was disappointed at not being CSK's brand ambassador-nu engEyO padichEn :)

[raghavendran]

Oh :lol: thanks Kid

meiyyalumE therilaba!
:lol:

Madhavan was disappointed at not being CSK's brand ambassador-nu engEyO padichEn :)
modhal varusdham dhaan indhe cine starslam rombe try pannange..apparam cricket and cricketers have taken over ipl...imagine csk were trying to bring in crowds with the hepl of vj..but ippo apdiya..so madhavn vandhirundaalum onnum pannirkamudiyaadhu

[19thmay]

Plum ippo Vijay, team ambassador illaya?

[raghavendran]

Plum ippo Vijay, team ambassador illaya?
no..only for 1st yr

[19thmay]

no..only for 1st yr

Oh ok...neenga kooda try pannalamE? Smart-a irrukeenga!!

[raghavendran]

no..only for 1st yr

Oh ok...neenga kooda try pannalamE? Smart-a irrukeenga!!
enne japanle jackie chan kuptaago americavula michael jackson kuptaago... :lol: :lol: ...enenge neenge vere

[Plum]

Vijay and Nayanthara right? Think she was sacked or something mid-season.

In TN, taking a brand ambassador possibly narrows your market :)
(inga followers of X-ai vida haters of Y dhAnE neraiya iruppAnga)

[Dinesh84]

(inga followers of X-ai vida haters of Y dhAnE neraiya iruppAnga) :mrgreen:

[lawmani]

thalaivar dhoni, trying comedy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2AqNEvu7T4

[Kalyasi]

lawmani whats in that video? inga yeeteeb blocked...

[mgb]

lawmani whats in that video? inga yeeteeb blocked...felicitation for Vishy, where MS challenges him if vishy plays left handed then he can beat him in chess

[Kalyasi]

:lol:

MSD Tweets

" I am not here to give my status updates,am here to interact with my fans,provided I am free "

[Kalyasi]

We need to bowl better: Muttiah Muralidaran

There are several reasons why we might have missed out on a semifinal berth, but if the truth be told there was only one main reason why we have qualified: the buccaneering brilliance of MS Dhoni. Dhoni had had a patchy tournament by his own high standards leading up to his remarkable undefeated 29-ball 54 against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday evening, but his timely return to form was typical of a natural match-winner who relishes the big occasion.

When the final two overs started with us needing 29 runs it was a tall order. Kings XI held the advantage. But Dhoni stamped his authority on the game, dominating the strike and scoring (he scored an incredible 28 out of the 29 runs scored in those final 10 deliveries).

I was so excited by it all that I think I must have sprinted faster than I have for the past 10 years as he smashed the final six and we all charged onto the field to congratulate him. It was a great night and I will cherish the memories of being part of it for years to come.

While Dhoni was undoubtedly the hero of the night, special mention should also be made for Suresh Raina. His 46 from 27 balls kept us alive after the loss of the openers.

His contributions all season have been brilliant and his consistency over all three seasons show just how good a player he is. Badrinath and Ashwin were also star performers and both deserve plenty of praise.

Now that our first objective of qualifying has been achieved, we need to re-focus on our next game against Deccan. It is going to be a really tough semifinal and we are going to have to be at our very best to beat last year's winners, a side overflowing with talent.

The beauty about a T20 game is that everything depends on your performance on the day. No side is unbeatable and we definitely have a good chance of winning. We need to produce a much better bowling performance than the other night and hopefully our top order will click. Having Dhoni back in form is a huge confidence booster, giving us a much more solid-looking batting unit.

http://iplt20.com/news_detail.php?id=1599&category=news

[raghavendran]

:lol:

MSD Tweets

" I am not here to give my status updates,am here to interact with my fans,provided I am free " :D

[lawmani]

thalaivaaaa, innikku eppidyavathu jeichu kuduthudu

[directhit]

MSD during the toss - we have a lot of players who havent had much of international exposure and havent had the pressure of playing semis/finals etc. If we senior players show different preparations or pressure for such big games it would probably make them also try differently and push a panic button, so i try to keep it simple and take it as any other game :bow: :bow: :bow:

Compare with most captains in this year IPL itself - you can differentiate the Champion :smokesmirk:

[vanchi]

kalakkal captaincy.
field settings, shuffling of bowlers
& the way he responds to any situation, way of his expressing things,
you rock man.
:notworthy: :notworthy: :clap:

[ajaybaskar]

the field setting for Gibbs was a stunner. Valaiyila maatikita poochi maadhiri muzhichaan avan...

[directhit]

kalakkal captaincy.
field settings, shuffling of bowlers
& the way he responds to any situation, way of his expressing things,
you rock man.
:notworthy: :notworthy: :clap: the standout risk or gamble was persisting with Ashwin for 5th over and Bollinger for the 6th - got us the game 8-)

[vanchi]

kalakkal captaincy.
field settings, shuffling of bowlers
& the way he responds to any situation, way of his expressing things,
you rock man.
:notworthy: :notworthy: :clap: the standout risk or gamble was persisting with Ashwin for 5th over and Bollinger for the 6th - got us the game 8-)
:exactly: 8-)

[Bala (Karthik)]

Dhoni :clap:

[Plum]

Dhoni was excellent yesterday except for team selection (got away with Hayden and Anirudha mApLaikkum bhagyalakshmi bumper draw helped more than anything else). Just a thought - Is Kemp worth selection ahead of Morkel? I'd like a bowler for Hayden so Morkel and Kemp is also ok. Nothing to lose really

[raajarasigan]

Hayden should be there... in fact, they should retain the same playing 11.... all rounders serkarathu eppavume konjam risk than... sila nerathula batting / bowling renduthuleyum sothappadivaanga... it is always better to go with specialist... only change can be, in the batting order... badri vara positionla Anirudha irakkalam...

[tamizharasan]

We had very few absolutely fearless cricketers in Indian team and definitely Dhoni is among one.

[raghavendran]

Hayden should be there... in fact, they should retain the same playing 11.... all rounders serkarathu eppavume konjam risk than... sila nerathula batting / bowling renduthuleyum sothappadivaanga... it is always better to go with specialist... only change can be, in the batting order... badri vara positionla Anirudha irakkalam...

[lawmani]

"The image of the third IPL, though, will remain MS Dhoni upper-cutting himself in the jaw like a pumped-up boxer, upon having hit a match-winning six from Dharamsala into McLeodganj" - Cricinfo article

[Vivasaayi]

take out hayden - add parthiv patel

3 spinners against likes of pollard could prove costly.Take out jakati who went for a lot in the last match's final overs and replace with thushara.

[Vivasaayi]

Dhoni's field placement in semifials - :clap:

excellent captaincy...

[hamid]

take out hayden - add parthiv patel

3 spinners against likes of pollard could prove costly.Take out jakati who went for a lot in the last match's final overs and replace with thushara.

take ut hayden :cool: :yes:

add parthiv patel :o :shock: :shaking: :hammer: ayyayyo. athuku haydene irunthuttu pokattum.. Patel will screw up more..

[Vivasaayi]

but I prefer patel to hussey mainly because the former was a gutsy opener.

still on this pitch hussey could be preferred to give stability.

[hamid]

Vivs,

Patel is selfish player... he wont get out like hayden in the initial overs and allow others to steady the ship... kooda irunthe kazutharuppan.

I would be happy to bring Thushara in.. But I have a feeling they will drop Murali and bring in Kemp..

[jinju]

ennaadhu parthiv patel gutsy openeraaa?!

[Vivasaayi]

ennaadhu parthiv patel gutsy openeraaa?!

aan paatha varaikkum ava mokka potadhilla :)

[jinju]

ennaadhu parthiv patel gutsy openeraaa?!

aan paatha varaikkum ava mokka potadhilla :)

pona seasonlam ok/avgnu sollalaam, but this season as poor as hayden. aanaa gutsy openerlaam remba over'nga...avan idhellaam paathaa tweet pannuvaan "vivasaayina enna 'remba nallavan'nu sollittaan" :)

if at all hayden has to be replaced, i feel it can b done either by bringing up anirudha/morkel than tinkiring the squad by bringing in parthiv.

[Vivasaayi]

yeah...that sounds reasonable - anirudha as opener and hussey in middle order.

But I would prefer anirudha in number seven for some big hitting

[VinodKumar's]

Anirudh oru match thaana adichirukkan athukula position ready pannikitu irukinga

[hamid]

Guys,

keep CSK team discussion in CSK thread.. :D

[jinju]

Anirudh oru match thaana adichirukkan athukula position ready pannikitu irukinga

ellaam andha mongoosenaala dhaan, illena top 2 best top 2 of ipl-3nu peru vaangirukkalaam. 8-)

[vanchi]

Dhoni

proud of you :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:

[Movie Cop]

Tamil Naadu CM seat canfaaarmed for "Super Star" Dhoni. Talks are on with MK's family to join DMK. :P

Check out "Super Star" Dhoni's marana mass video! :smokesmirk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN4MurrEuKw

Dhoni da! :thumbsup:

[Kalyasi]

MSD :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

[kid-glove]

He is THE man.

[Yuvi]

Dhoni .. :thumbsup: .... Dont let your hands loose.. There is another trophy to lift in a month.. 8-)

[MADDY]

Kals - time to rename the thread - suggestions

"Fairplay Nayagan, Anja nenjan Dhoni"
"Amaidhipadai thalaivan, chanakyan Dhoni"
"Chennai Veeran, thamizh thaai selvan Dhoni"

more suggestions are welcome..... :P

IPL win avlavu periya matter(like WC) illa but "Dhoni doing it for CSK" is really really special (more than WC win i guess) :bow:

[joe]

Maddy,
MGR peran MS Dhoni :lol:

[MADDY]

Maddy,
MGR peran MS Dhoni :lol:

super - idhuvum nalla dhaan irukku 8-)

[raghavendran]

"Chennai Veeran, thamizh thaai selvan Dhoni"


this is my choice...thalaivar dhoni adhu tamizhnadu illame epdi :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk:

[raghavendran]

also
"thamizh thaayin pudhalvan M.S.DHONI

[hamid]

I will go with Fairplay naayakan+ "better one indicating Thamizan"

[raghavendran]

ellam kalandhe oru title...super :smokesmirk: :smokesmirk:

[Plum]

Nitpick - it is tamixh thaayin selvan, I guess

[satissh_r]

Nayagan kuda spelling thappa irukku..

[Bala (Karthik)]

also
"thamizh thaayin pudhalvan M.S.DHONI
Registered for NT and Aandavar
(Reminds me of the kindal cartoon series in Anandha Vigadan though the joke is on Thalaivar. As usual, caricatures of cine artistes speaking.
Thalaivar: "Thamizhachi paal kudichavandaa"
Kavundar: "Dei, appo naanga ellam enna Nepali paalaya kudichom?"
:rotfl2:

[raghavendran]

also
"thamizh thaayin pudhalvan M.S.DHONI
Registered for NT and Aandavar
(Reminds me of the kindal cartoon series in Anandha Vigadan though the joke is on Thalaivar. As usual, caricatures of cine artistes speaking.
Thalaivar: "Thamizhachi paal kudichavandaa"
Kavundar: "Dei, appo naanga ellam enna Nepali paalaya kudichom?"
:rotfl2: :lol: :lol: ...i caught this title from pudhupettai...azhagam perumal wil say on the stage once the screen opens..."thamizh thayin pudhalvan naan

[Sourav]

Title changed.a... i think i can put 'anja singam' tag in viru thread title now, which will suit him perfectly for the way he bats. :P

[raajarasigan]

apart from lifting the cup for IPL 2010 champs, CSK also received fair-play award... but no one is talking abt that... :x

MSD shown the way that there is no need to have any silly arrogance to win a tourney.... we can still play fair enough to win a long tournament like IPL... :)

[Plum]

RR, title-la Fairplay-nu irukkE gavanikkalaiyA? :-)

Any team with TN boys at its core is bound to have an edge over other Indian regional teams when it comes to fairplay stakes. Add to it the gentler members of the Australian team(Bollinger, Hussey) and harmless sri Lankans, and a cheerful Murali - even if Harbhajan captains this team, this team will be frontrunner for fairplay award.

[raajarasigan]

Plum,

I know hubbers are talking abt this.,.. but media :roll: :huh: non sense :evil:

You have missed our unofficial CSK cheer leader Ntini... though he is NOT in the playing 11, he would have been enjoying his bench stint... I still remember in IPL 2008 final, after bowled out in the final over of that wrong foot bowler, he was simply cheering with the smile...

about durby captaining CSK team :lol:

[Plum]

And yeah, Ntni.
For that matter, last year also CSK should have won the fairplay comfortably - we werent given points for a rained out match. And they calculated based on aggregate rather than average. Not sure if we eneded up winning the fairplay award last year.

Enga CSK IPL win paNNadhukkE coverage illai - fairplay pathi pEsarInga?

[Kalyasi]

Btb annan has crossed 1000 runs in IPL... 9th player to achieve this... 3rd player from CSK...

[kid-glove]

IPL as a brand can survive on its own: Dhoni

Victorious at last in the Indian Premier League and headed to the West Indies to captain India in the T20 World Cup, Skipper MS Dhoni spoke exclusively to NDTV in his first television interview since IPL boss Lalit Modi's suspension.

Talking about the controversies that the IPL has been mired in, Dhoni hoped that things would be sorted out in time for Season 4: "Lalit was part of it for three seasons...quite a few allegations...up to the authorities to see what has happened. They will come up with something that's good for everyone...before IPL we have one year, let's hope for the best," he said.

But would IPL survive the controversy? Yes, said the Indian Skipper, "IPL as a brand can survive on its own. But you have to come up with some innovative ideas every time to make it better. No individual but few brains will work together to pull off sensational ideas."

"Match fixing," Dhoni said, " is worse (sic) allegation against a cricketer...anyone involved should be punished cricket should be clean."

When on all things controversial, what about the role vastu has played in CSK matches at the instance of owner N Srinivasan? Dhoni, who has reportedly been a little piqued about having to bow to stellar configurations when making cricketing decisions played defensive: "Srinivasan's vastu has been good...nothing bad. Every franchise is doing little things. It is subtle...most cricketers are superstitious. No wild predictions like was made in 2007."

From IPL season 3, Dhoni counted meeting the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala as a "very special' moment. "May be because of Dalai Lama's blessings we won the finals. Of course, because of the way the team played ," he said

The Chennai Super Kings had "played to 70 per cent of our potential", he said, modestly giving complete credit to his team: "I am not the king of T20 yet but Chennai Super Kings"

IPL over and now looking ahead at the World Cup, Dhoni refused to participate in the "Will playing IPL have tired the team" debate, saying: " If we go and do well we would say IPL helped or would say IPL was tiring for us."

The Indian Skipper believes that in the West Indies, "If we don't look at the sun, we will be fine." No, that is not from an astrologer's list of dos and don'ts but more about adjusting the body clock to a different time zone many miles away from home.

On his squad, Dhoni is confident that the injured, out-of-form Yuvraj Singh will regain confidence in time for the tournament: "Cricket is a game. You will be low on confidence more than two times a season A little nervousness is good. Yuvraj loves challenges, he is a player for the big stage."

And he is counting on CSK teammate Murali Vijay to come good in West Indies. Murli, who has been in spectacular form in the IPL and came into the World Cup squad as a last-minute replacement for opener Virendra Sehwag. "Will miss Sehwag...hoping Murali Vijay does not let us miss Sehwag", said Dhoni, who believes that Murali's 100 was the best IPL innings.

And if there is anything at all that you didn't know about the Indian Skipper, here are some extra nuggets:

He has 22 bikes.

He says he has never been to an IPL party

He is not convinced that everyone can play with a Mongoose bat

He says the T20 trophy was heavier than the IPL trophy, but the latter is special.

Watch full interview below...

http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx?id=INTEN20100139669

[Plum]

He says he has never been to an IPL party

:clap:

[jinju]

IPL as a brand can survive on its own: Dhoni

Victorious at last in the Indian Premier League and headed to the West Indies to captain India in the T20 World Cup, Skipper MS Dhoni spoke exclusively to NDTV in his first television interview since IPL boss Lalit Modi's suspension.

Talking about the controversies that the IPL has been mired in, Dhoni hoped that things would be sorted out in time for Season 4: "Lalit was part of it for three seasons...quite a few allegations...up to the authorities to see what has happened. They will come up with something that's good for everyone...before IPL we have one year, let's hope for the best," he said.

But would IPL survive the controversy? Yes, said the Indian Skipper, "IPL as a brand can survive on its own. But you have to come up with some innovative ideas every time to make it better. No individual but few brains will work together to pull off sensational ideas."

"Match fixing," Dhoni said, " is worse (sic) allegation against a cricketer...anyone involved should be punished cricket should be clean."

When on all things controversial, what about the role vastu has played in CSK matches at the instance of owner N Srinivasan? Dhoni, who has reportedly been a little piqued about having to bow to stellar configurations when making cricketing decisions played defensive: "Srinivasan's vastu has been good...nothing bad. Every franchise is doing little things. It is subtle...most cricketers are superstitious. No wild predictions like was made in 2007."

From IPL season 3, Dhoni counted meeting the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala as a "very special' moment. "May be because of Dalai Lama's blessings we won the finals. Of course, because of the way the team played ," he said

The Chennai Super Kings had "played to 70 per cent of our potential", he said, modestly giving complete credit to his team: "I am not the king of T20 yet but Chennai Super Kings"

IPL over and now looking ahead at the World Cup, Dhoni refused to participate in the "Will playing IPL have tired the team" debate, saying: " If we go and do well we would say IPL helped or would say IPL was tiring for us."

The Indian Skipper believes that in the West Indies, "If we don't look at the sun, we will be fine." No, that is not from an astrologer's list of dos and don'ts but more about adjusting the body clock to a different time zone many miles away from home.

On his squad, Dhoni is confident that the injured, out-of-form Yuvraj Singh will regain confidence in time for the tournament: "Cricket is a game. You will be low on confidence more than two times a season A little nervousness is good. Yuvraj loves challenges, he is a player for the big stage."

And he is counting on CSK teammate Murali Vijay to come good in West Indies. Murli, who has been in spectacular form in the IPL and came into the World Cup squad as a last-minute replacement for opener Virendra Sehwag. "Will miss Sehwag...hoping Murali Vijay does not let us miss Sehwag", said Dhoni, who believes that Murali's 100 was the best IPL innings.

And if there is anything at all that you didn't know about the Indian Skipper, here are some extra nuggets:

He has 22 bikes.

He says he has never been to an IPL party

He is not convinced that everyone can play with a Mongoose bat

He says the T20 trophy was heavier than the IPL trophy, but the latter is special.

Watch full interview below...

http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx?id=INTEN20100139669

gud one...thanks for posting it here kid...

the bolded part, appo weld koppaya vuda ipl koppa special-a?! :roll:

[raghavendran]

IPL as a brand can survive on its own: Dhoni

Victorious at last in the Indian Premier League and headed to the West Indies to captain India in the T20 World Cup, Skipper MS Dhoni spoke exclusively to NDTV in his first television interview since IPL boss Lalit Modi's suspension.

Talking about the controversies that the IPL has been mired in, Dhoni hoped that things would be sorted out in time for Season 4: "Lalit was part of it for three seasons...quite a few allegations...up to the authorities to see what has happened. They will come up with something that's good for everyone...before IPL we have one year, let's hope for the best," he said.

But would IPL survive the controversy? Yes, said the Indian Skipper, "IPL as a brand can survive on its own. But you have to come up with some innovative ideas every time to make it better. No individual but few brains will work together to pull off sensational ideas."

"Match fixing," Dhoni said, " is worse (sic) allegation against a cricketer...anyone involved should be punished cricket should be clean."

When on all things controversial, what about the role vastu has played in CSK matches at the instance of owner N Srinivasan? Dhoni, who has reportedly been a little piqued about having to bow to stellar configurations when making cricketing decisions played defensive: "Srinivasan's vastu has been good...nothing bad. Every franchise is doing little things. It is subtle...most cricketers are superstitious. No wild predictions like was made in 2007."

From IPL season 3, Dhoni counted meeting the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala as a "very special' moment. "May be because of Dalai Lama's blessings we won the finals. Of course, because of the way the team played ," he said

The Chennai Super Kings had "played to 70 per cent of our potential", he said, modestly giving complete credit to his team: "I am not the king of T20 yet but Chennai Super Kings"

IPL over and now looking ahead at the World Cup, Dhoni refused to participate in the "Will playing IPL have tired the team" debate, saying: " If we go and do well we would say IPL helped or would say IPL was tiring for us."

The Indian Skipper believes that in the West Indies, "If we don't look at the sun, we will be fine." No, that is not from an astrologer's list of dos and don'ts but more about adjusting the body clock to a different time zone many miles away from home.

On his squad, Dhoni is confident that the injured, out-of-form Yuvraj Singh will regain confidence in time for the tournament: "Cricket is a game. You will be low on confidence more than two times a season A little nervousness is good. Yuvraj loves challenges, he is a player for the big stage."

And he is counting on CSK teammate Murali Vijay to come good in West Indies. Murli, who has been in spectacular form in the IPL and came into the World Cup squad as a last-minute replacement for opener Virendra Sehwag. "Will miss Sehwag...hoping Murali Vijay does not let us miss Sehwag", said Dhoni, who believes that Murali's 100 was the best IPL innings.

And if there is anything at all that you didn't know about the Indian Skipper, here are some extra nuggets:

He has 22 bikes.

He says he has never been to an IPL party

He is not convinced that everyone can play with a Mongoose bat

He says the T20 trophy was heavier than the IPL trophy, but the latter is special.

Watch full interview below...

http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx?id=INTEN20100139669 :clap: :clap:

[Yuvi]

He says he has never been to an IPL party

:clap:

:thumbsup: Dhoni thamizh kalaacharathuku maariyaachu :lol: but seriously, I havent seen any CSK players in any of the party pics.. Billy Bowden ellam vera paathirukaen.. Way to go CSK

[VinodKumar's]

He says he has never been to an IPL party



:shock:

[VinodKumar's]

He says he has never been to an IPL party

:clap:

:thumbsup: Dhoni thamizh kalaacharathuku maariyaachu :lol: but seriously, I havent seen any CSK players in any of the party pics.. Billy Bowden ellam vera paathirukaen.. Way to go CSK

Yes Yuvi. Naan Srinivasan sema kanjan polanu nenacchitaen :lol:

[vanchi]

[tscii:4e85d73ea6]http://www.dailylatestnews.com/2010/04/27/default-1346-013995

Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Tuesday that allegations of match-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) are serious and should be handled carefully.

‘Match-fixing is the worst allegation against a cricketer… anyone involved should be punished. Cricket should be clean,’ said Dhoni, who led the Chennai Super Kings to their maiden triumph in the third IPL tournament here Sunday.


‘If something has happened, the cricketer should be punished harshly. But no step should be taken against a cricketer if he has not done anything. It can hurt him big time,’ Dhoni was quoted as saying by NDTV.

Dhoni hoped that all the controversies surrounding cricket’s multi-billion dollar Twenty20 league would be sorted out soon.


‘Lalit (Modi) was part of it for three seasons… there were quite a few allegations… it’s up to the authorities to see what has happened. They will come up with something that’s good for everyone… before the next IPL, we have one year, let’s hope for the best,’ he said.

Asked if the IPL would survive the controversy, Dhoni said: ‘Yes. IPL as a brand can survive on its own. But you have to come up with some innovative ideas every time to make it better. No individual, but few brains will work together to pull off sensational ideas.’

On owner N.Srinivasan’s belief in ‘vaastu shastra’, Dhoni said: ‘Srinivasan’s vaastu has been good… nothing bad. Every franchise is doing little things. It is subtle… most cricketers are superstitious. No wild predictions like made in 2007.’


Dhoni said his meeting with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala was a ‘very special’ moment’.

‘May be, because of Dalai Lama’s blessings we won the finals,’ he said.


On whether his boys are tired before the World Twenty20 that starts later this week, Dhoni said: ‘If we go and do well we would say IPL helped or would say IPL was tiring for us.’

Dhoni was confident that the injured, out-of-form Yuvraj Singh will regain confidence in time for the tournament. ‘Cricket is a game. You will be low on confidence more than two times a season. A little nervousness is good. Yuvraj loves challenges, he is a player for the big stage.’


The India skipper said he was counting on his IPL team mate Murali Vijay, last-minute replacement for opener Virendra Sehwag, to come good in the West Indies

‘Will miss Sehwag… hoping Murali Vijay does not let us miss Sehwag’, said Dhoni.

[/tscii:4e85d73ea6]

[Bala (Karthik)]

He says he has never been to an IPL party

:clap:
:clap:
Thamizhan ellam room service laye illa pumpset oram odhungi aagaaratha mudikkara parambarai 8-)

[vanchi]

:rotfl: 8-)

[Kalyasi]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Plum]

There is a hilarious article claiming srinivasan's astrologer decided the batting and bowling order and strategies for CSK. Naan quote paNNA villangam aayidum nIngaLE theDikkomga.
One of the astrologer's claims when csk lost a match inspite of his inputs, allegedly, is
"You lost because xyz's car was parked in direction X"

:lol:

[joe]

One of the astrologer's claims when csk lost a match inspite of his inputs, allegedly, is
"You lost because xyz's car was parked in direction X"

:lol:
:rotfl:

[vanchi]

[tscii:eec86ee5fd]http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/news/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=282

Captain’s cool makes the difference
Tuesday, Apr 27 2010

Mumbai: A genius finds his inspiration in adversity that usually fells lesser mortals. Last night at the DY Patil Stadium, Chennai Super Kings’ iconic captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni demonstrated this special ability that defined the final and turned it irrevocably in his team’s favour.

The move to shift Matthew Hayden from a wider position to a virtually “straight mid-off” almost behind the bowler in the 19th over when Kieron Pollard was at full throttle, was at once daring yet subtle. In fact, not many noticed Hayden until he took a catch to dismiss Pollard two deliveries later as the batsman converted a yorker-length delivery into a full toss, smashing it straight at Hayden.

Never mind that Dhoni dismissed this (so typical of him to underplay his own role), by saying: “We had worked this field position with Hayden during a practice game and in fact, got Haydos out! I remembered this. The big-hitters kept going down the ground and so I thought why keep a fine-leg? I hoped that Albie (Morkel) would bowl a yorker and he (Pollard) would mishit. It was no rocket science.”

To the discerning, that was the big moment of the game that could have gone either way, but on the night, the Super Kings came together for one final time in a spectacular fusion that blew apart their opponents.

The other move was to toss the ball to Suresh Raina for the 12th over with Sachin Tendulkar and Abhishek Nayar looking well set. The over resulted in two wickets with Nayar run out and next man, Harbhajan Singh trapped leg-before.

“I give full credit to the team and the support staff. We were under pressure in mid-tournament when we lost a few matches. Our franchise owner Mr N Srinivasan kept telling us that we will make it to the semifinals. That gave us the confidence,” said Dhoni.

Looking back at the final, he pointed out that the excellent start off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and fast bowler Doug Bollinger was critical to the team’s success.

“We were expecting Ashwin and Bollinger to give us a good start. Both bowled well and the pressure kept mounting on Mumbai Indians. Not many, except Sachin Tendulkar, can deal with such pressure,” said the skipper.

There was just a touch of sentiment when Dhoni recalled the six weeks on the road with the Super Kings bunch and living together for such a long period helped the players to bond.

“We spent a lot of time together and had fun. It will be sad that some of the players might not be there with us after the next auction.

“The IPL gets bigger (with the addition of two more franchise teams) and better every year and the benchmarks keep going higher. Next year, we have more games and the players will have to sweat a bit more. The pressure also will be much more, but it will be exciting,” he said.

On his part, Morkel, the South African all-rounder who has been an integral part of the team over three seasons, admitted that there was pressure on him bowling the 19th over with Pollard going hammer and tongs with big hits.

“To be on the winning side is amazing and we won when it mattered most,” he summed up and recalling his bowling at the death, added: “When Dougie went (for 22 runs in the previous over), my heart skipped a few beats. Pollard is a serious talent.”

In fact, it was a particularly brilliant over from Morkel as he ran out Ambatti Rayudu and then got rid of Pollard the next delivery, conceding just five runs in the process.

Bollinger shrugged off the punishment that Pollard handed out to him by saying it was part of T20 cricket. “We thought 140 was a par score. We started slowly, but MS and Raina were awesome. And Pollard, well, that’s T20!” he summed up.

For Mumbai Indians, as skipper Sachin Tendulkar said, it was a case of dropped catches costing them matches. “Catches win matches,” said Tendulkar, repeating a cliché that put the game into perspective.

Raina was dropped on 13 and 28, both relatively sitter catches. The southpaw rode his luck to make an unbeaten 57 that helped Super Kings post a total that proved beyond the reach of the Mumbai Indians.

It is debatable as to how much more pressure can Dhoni handle with his customary calm composure. Even when Hayden dropped a sitter in the slips off Abhishek Nayar (on eight, score 38 for one) in the seventh over bowled by Muttiah Muralitharan, Dhoni did not react, but gestured to Hayden to get a move on.

While batting, he walked into a crisis situation, but along with Raina added 72 runs for the fourth wicket and more importantly, gave the much needed momentum to the innings with a 15-ball 22.

For sure, “Captain Cool” and “3-in-one champion” has been the cornerstone of Super Kings success.
[/tscii:eec86ee5fd]

[P_R]

He says he has never been to an IPL party

:clap:
:clap:
Thamizhan ellam room service laye illa pumpset oram odhungi aagaaratha mudikkara parambarai 8-) :rotfl:

[Kalyasi]

I saw the interview... Was a very good one...

NDTV Int: IPL parties

MSD : I have never been to IPL parties... not even one...

NDTV Int: Then what do you do in your hotel?

MSD: We make our own parties in our room...(Nee Thamizhan da)

NDTV Int: Can we expect Mahendra Singh Dhoni to go back to Auction, get a salary hike and play for another franchise

MSD: I will stay with Chennai, I am sure given an option Sachin will not play for any other franchise other than Mumbai... I prefer to stay with Chennai

NDTV Int: If I say Chennai Super Kings what comes to your mind?

MSD: Chennai...

Intha maadri neraya irukku....

[MADDY]

NDTV Int: Can we expect Mahendra Singh Dhoni to go back to Auction, get a salary hike and play for another franchise

MSD: I will stay with Chennai, I am sure given an option Sachin will not play for any other franchise other than Mumbai... I prefer to stay with Chennai

NDTV Int: If I say Chennai Super Kings what comes to your mind?

MSD: Chennai...

Intha maadri neraya irukku....

namma title vechhadhu 100% correct :bow:

[MADDY]

Venkatesh Prasad (http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=21&edlabel=TOICH&mydateHid=28-04-2010&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Chennai&edname=Chennai&articleid=Ar02101&format=&publabel=TOI)


it really helped that the atmosphere in the team was terrific.It cannot be explained actually.Part of the solution lay in that we in the team management,with skipper Dhoni in the forefront,kept the pressure off the team.We never allowed the pressure to percolate down.

Dhoni is different from other skippers...

He is.With him you never realize the pressure hes feeling.Hes that cool.A totally downto-earth guy,he mingles with everyone in the team and makes people comfortable.Be it practice sessions,team meetings or parties,hes always there and on time,ensuring that everyone is feeling happy.

What about Stephen Fleming,the coach mirrors
the captain

He does.Stephen again is very cool under pressure.The best part about him is that he allows people to express themselves freely,gives them the freedom.

This is how we work and it feels so good that Mahi and stephen - 2 of the best captains of the game - also work the same way :bow:

[directhit]

NDTV Int: Can we expect Mahendra Singh Dhoni to go back to Auction, get a salary hike and play for another franchise

MSD: I will stay with Chennai, I am sure given an option Sachin will not play for any other franchise other than Mumbai... I prefer to stay with Chennai

NDTV Int: If I say Chennai Super Kings what comes to your mind?

MSD: Chennai... :bow: :bow:


Thamizhan ellam room service laye illa pumpset oram odhungi aagaaratha mudikkara parambarai 8-) :rotfl:

[Kalyasi]

Q. Before the next IPL there will be an auction again. Would you like to go back to the auction pool, get a higher salary for yourself or would you choose to remain a Super King?

"Given a choice I would like to remain with the Chennai Super Kings because once you spend three years with a franchise...you build up an association and then again going back to the auction and to a new franchise with new people trying to make an association with you for three and a lot of moving around..it doesn't really help...so i would like to stay with Chennai..but we have to look at the formula...how many foreign and Indian players you can retain...

http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx?id=INTEN20100139669

[VinodKumar's]

:happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:

Dhoni ya Tamilnadu Ranji teamku captain aakungada

[ajaybaskar]

Dhoni Annan mela naalukku naal mariyadhai increase aayine pogudhu.. :-)

If I were NS, I would retain Dhoni, Raina, Vijay, Ashwin. Murali, Morkel, Hussey. Evlo selavazhichaavadhu Bolliya auctionla eduppen. Appuram Hayden, Badri, Anirudh ellam vera yaarum edukka maattanga. So easya avangala thookidalam.

[lawmani]

fantastic interview thala... thanks kalyasi for the link!

[lawmani]

thala's voice sounds different; i think hes caught a cold

[MADDY]

[tscii:13f78ea5fc]http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/86614/Asins-Heart-Skips-For-Skipper-Dhoni.html


Reportedly, Dhoni made a recent hush visit to Asin's Lokhandwala apartment (without Tanushree/ Neetu… in it, thankfully), which set tongues wagging at once.

On the opportune day, when the IPL semi final between Mumbai and Bangalore was to have kicked off, Dhoni stealthily stepped into the South star's home… and stayed put till the match ended.

south indies-kkum dhoni-kkum sema connection-nga............his girlfrnds so far have been south indies - deepika, lakshmi rai, asin....south indies ponna kalyanam kattikittu, south indies maappillai-aaga vaazhtukkal - appram CSK local player aaidalaam paarunga :P [/tscii:13f78ea5fc]

[Plum]

:notthatway:
Asin - "Kochi Coconut Breakers"-ku support paNNa sollum Dhoniya!

[directhit]

[tscii:fbb0a5483b]
Reportedly, Dhoni made a recent hush visit to Asin's Lokhandwala apartment (without Tanushree/ Neetu… in it, thankfully) :lol: [/tscii:fbb0a5483b]

[MADDY]

:notthatway:
Asin - "Kochi Coconut Breakers"-ku support paNNa sollum Dhoniya!

ada i just posted the trendnga - Deepika, letchumi, asin............ nesstu oru koperundevi-o, komalavallli-o pudikka maattara enna :cool2:

[Plum]

N Srinivasanukku poNNu irukkA? Thalaila kattida pORAr!

[Bala (Karthik)]

south indies-kkum dhoni-kkum sema connection-nga............his girlfrnds so far have been south indies - deepika, lakshmi rai, asin....south indies ponna kalyanam kattikittu, south indies maappillai-aaga vaazhtukkal - appram CSK local player aaidalaam paarunga :P [/tscii]
Objection your honor!
Theebiga is pakka North Indies, not a vestige of Savuth remains. Map la Bangalore-a, illa Banashankari-a kaatta sollunga paakkalaam.... I appeal to the fublic not to be misled by the Bangalore connection.
Asin has been desperately trying to concoct (concoct naale the word kankaatchi comes to mind) a North Indies adayaalam

[raghavendran]

south indies-kkum dhoni-kkum sema connection-nga............his girlfrnds so far have been south indies - deepika, lakshmi rai, asin....south indies ponna kalyanam kattikittu, south indies maappillai-aaga vaazhtukkal - appram CSK local player aaidalaam paarunga :P [/tscii]
Objection your honor!
Theebiga is pakka North Indies, not a vestige of Savuth remains. Map la Bangalore-a, illa Banashankari-a kaatta sollunga paakkalaam.... I appeal to the fublic not to be misled by the Bangalore connection.
Asin has been desperately trying to concoct (concoct naale the word kankaatchi comes to mind) a North Indies adayaalam
:lol: ..ana deepika oru kannada padathiledhaan debut pannangennu nenaikkiren...avange south indies dhaan

[tamizharasan]

Dhoni is injecting fearless attitude in indian cricket team. I have never seen such a postive attitude in Indian team before. Way to go Dhoni.

[Ramakrishna]

Dhoni is injecting fearless attitude in indian cricket team. I have never seen such a postive attitude in Indian team before. Way to go Dhoni.
:lol:
haha....no offence.... i imagined your post to be a reply to the preceeding discussion on dhoni's visit to Asin's house.

[tamizharasan]

south indies-kkum dhoni-kkum sema connection-nga............his girlfrnds so far have been south indies - deepika, lakshmi rai, asin....south indies ponna kalyanam kattikittu, south indies maappillai-aaga vaazhtukkal - appram CSK local player aaidalaam paarunga :P [/tscii]
Objection your honor!
Theebiga is pakka North Indies, not a vestige of Savuth remains. Map la Bangalore-a, illa Banashankari-a kaatta sollunga paakkalaam.... I appeal to the fublic not to be misled by the Bangalore connection.
Asin has been desperately trying to concoct (concoct naale the word kankaatchi comes to mind) a North Indies adayaalam

Objection overruled. theebiga is pure south indies if Mangalore is considered south indies. She is a konkani speaking mangalorian.

[tamizharasan]

Dhoni is injecting fearless attitude in indian cricket team. I have never seen such a postive attitude in Indian team before. Way to go Dhoni.
:lol:
haha....no offence.... i imagined your post to be a reply to the preceeding discussion on dhoni's visit to Asin's house.

Yes On and Off the field.

[P_R]

concoct (concoct naale the word kankaatchi comes to mind) :lol:

[P_R]

Objection overruled. theebiga is pure south indies if Mangalore is considered south indies. She is a konkani speaking mangalorian. What yA ? Appo Aisuvariya Rai savuth Indies-A ?

B(K) solla vara karuthai gavanamA pollow paNNeengannA you will see the truth in this highly informed prejudice: பிறப்பால வடவர்/தென்னவர் பேதமே இல்லை. எல்லாம் பழக்கவழக்கத்தால வர்ற கலாசார சீரழிவு 'ங்கறார். :lol2:

[tamizharasan]

Objection overruled. theebiga is pure south indies if Mangalore is considered south indies. She is a konkani speaking mangalorian. What yA ? Appo Aisuvariya Rai savuth Indies-A ?

B(K) solla vara karuthai gavanamA pollow paNNeengannA you will see the truth in this highly informed prejudice: பிறப்பால வடவர்/தென்னவர் பேதமே இல்லை. எல்லாம் பழக்கவழக்கத்தால வர்ற கலாசார சீரழிவு 'ங்கறார். :lol2:

I thought she lived most of her life in South Indies. On the same note will we accept chimrun as south Indies since she moved to south Indies for acting. If yes then probably theebika is north indies.

[directhit]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9187/92598243.jpg

[Bala (Karthik)]

Objection overruled. theebiga is pure south indies if Mangalore is considered south indies. She is a konkani speaking mangalorian. What yA ? Appo Aisuvariya Rai savuth Indies-A ?

B(K) solla vara karuthai gavanamA pollow paNNeengannA you will see the truth in this highly informed prejudice: பிறப்பால வடவர்/தென்னவர் பேதமே இல்லை. எல்லாம் பழக்கவழக்கத்தால வர்ற கலாசார சீரழிவு 'ங்கறார். :lol2:

I thought she lived most of her life in South Indies. On the same note will we accept chimrun as south Indies since she moved to south Indies for acting. If yes then probably theebika is north indies.
PR adhe adhe
TA,
adhaanga prachanaye, she lived most of her life in South Indies (not the restaurant in Indira Nagar), aana Savuth nu sollikka onnumme illaye...

[tamizharasan]

TA,
adhaanga prachanaye, she lived most of her life in South Indies (not the restaurant in Indira Nagar), aana Savuth nu sollikka onnumme illaye...

Ok. I just thought about her working in Indira Nagar restaruant as a waitress. :lol: :lol:

[Vivasaayi]

thamizh dhesiyame mukkiyam endru nirrobitha annan dhonikku jeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[mgb]

http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/may/14/speak-up-for-dhoni-as-indias-cricket-captain.htm
media :evil:

[littlemaster1982]

Electronic media is having a field day. Innum 1 week-ku idhu odum :twisted:

[directhit]

@MSDmahi hey mahi hav u ever listened 2 tamil songs
@juhil_d_wit munbe waa is my fav 8-)



why u getting so angry,its ok.may be he feels gud after abusing me

@MSDMahi Mahi, why are you saying thanks to that f$$$$$$

@mehraraghav thanks raghav

@MSDmahi a$$$$$$e

[ajaybaskar]

One more reason for me and Maddy to luv Mahi... :-) thanx for sharing, Anoop.

[directhit]

One more reason for me and Maddy to luv Mahi... :-) thanx for sharing, Anoop. :evil: aen naanga mattum ennavaam? :P

[directhit]

Dada tweets that the Dhoni profile is a fake :? idha nambi thread la ellam vera pottom :lol:, idhula Dada profile ae orig aa therla :P kalyan kku reply ellam panraar ...

[ajaybaskar]

Kalyan Ippo twitterla moozhkittaara? Anga avaru oru asaikka mudiyadha nambikkai natchathirama ayittu varraarunnu kelvipatten.. :-)

[Kalyasi]

Kalyan Ippo twitterla moozhkittaara? Anga avaru oru asaikka mudiyadha nambikkai natchathirama ayittu varraarunnu kelvipatten.. :-)

Athellam onnum illa... engaklayum Dhoni fans la sekkathathukku :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Kalyasi]

Mothalla DADA oda twitter account thaan fake nu nenaikaren... DADA id la irukaravan kenjaraan... DADA atha seyya ve mataaru... enakku ellam reply vera... So DADA id fake...

[Sourav]

Athey than, y DADAHERE keep saying to other followers like 'pls say sachin to reply me' etc... I wonder there wont be any phone, sms contact btw them?! :o twitter ou vazhi thana irukku sorathuku enna?

[directhit]

kalyan - AB pottadhu dhoni fans (only) list illai :P

naanum dada ungalukke reply pantaarunnu dhaan fake nu mudivu pannen :noteeth: :yessir:

[ajaybaskar]

kalyan - AB pottadhu dhoni fans (only) list illai :P


:exactly:


naanum dada ungalukke reply pantaarunnu dhaan fake nu mudivu pannen :noteeth: :yessir:

:shock: Why? Why not? Why Kalyan? :lol:

[sathya_1979]

http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/may/19/dhoni-sues-health-company-over-non-payment-of-endorsement-fees.htm

[Dinesh84]

http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/may/21/ms-dhoni-fails-his-graduation-exams.htm :|

[VinodKumar's]

15 varusam kalichu Singam cup vaanganumnu irruku :smokesmirk:


Dhoni with Asia cup'2010

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