Is it the end of Dhoni’s reign?

by Suyash Srivastava

Cricket is a game where there is a lot of luck factor. Imagine what would have happened if Misbah-ul Haq's shot of the last ball would have landed outside the boundary for a six in the finals of the T20 World Cup!

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In a country like India, riots would have happened all around and who knows if the crowd would have reacted with Dhoni in the manner they did with Mohammad Kaif in the Natwest series against England. But as mentioned in the beginning, luck plays a very important role and no doubt M.S. Dhoni has been carrying abundance of luck.

Nothing of that sort happened with Misbah and India became the Champions of 2007 ICC World Twenty20 T20 in South Africa, and along with the trophy lady luck brought a lot of wealth for Dhoni.

But life takes you through a full circle. The ‘poster boy’, ‘man with the Midas touch’ M. S. Dhoni is now going through that same phase. The man who has given Indian cricket some of the finest memories to cherish forever is being questioned and criticized for his decisions after India were knocked out of the ongoing T20 World Cup. No doubt the man carries ample amount of luck with him. But as a part of the ‘complete cycle’ the question is, is this the end of Dhoni’s bright fortune as the ‘captain with the midas touch’?

It all began with Sehwag-Dhoni issue. The captain himself looked suspicious of what had actually happened with Sehwag and later on he accepted that there were some issues about fitness he did not want to talk about.

In a do or die match promoting an inexperienced Jadeja before Yuvi and himself was a decision that led to Indians team exit off the competition. Jadeja scored 25 off 35 balls, these 10 balls could have made huge difference to the result. But the result was something different. The hosts defeated the defending champions by 3 runs. Shuffling with the batting order, not using Yusuf Pathan’s effective medium pace, are some of the other questions for which Dhoni will have to search for logical answers.

Dhoni nowadays appears in almost every alternate ad. It might not be a pleasant sight for the Indian fans. Only time will tell if the current failure of Indian team will affect Dhoni’s endorsements in particular. The burning question is - whether ‘I am Sorry’ is enough to cool down the billion of broken hearts?

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