Kapil Dev says Mahendra Singh Dhoni should not be judged by outcome of ICC World Cup 2011 final
The World Cup winning captain of India, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820 should not be judged by the outcome of the ICC World Cup 2011 final to be played between Asian cricketing giants
India and Sri Lanka.
“I will never doubt Dhoni's credentials as a captain irrespective of the result of World Cup final,” said Kapil at a promotional event. “Lot of people believe that it's the ultimate result which will count but I believe otherwise.”
Quoting Ricky Ponting’s example, the captain of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in a row but after one bad World Cup he is out. He insisted that this is not a way to judge a
captain and that one match should not be taken as make or break game for a skipper.
The legendary pace bowler wished Dhoni and his men the best of luck for the finale.
When asked about the x-factor of Dhoni, the former India great said that the Ranchi boy was a bit of gambler who takes decisions and backs them.
In Wednesday’s crunch game against Pakistan, the experts were talking about why http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Nehra-c46293 turned out to be the most economical
bowler.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s World Cup winning captain Imran Khan feels that the greatest quality of the 29-year-old wicketkeeper batsman is to remain calm even in pressure situations and also learn from his mistakes. The cricketer-turned-politician of Pakistan
said that he was impressed in the way Dhoni admitted that he misread the pitch.
This would be the first-ever World Cup final between two Asian sides and cricket pundits feel India have a slight edge over Sri Lanka. However, former Australian captain Allan Border feels http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 would start the final as favourites.
“I know people here won't like it but I believe that Sri Lanka will go into the final as favourites,” said Border.
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