MS Dhoni, who is already facing criticism for his poor scoring rate, had yet another ordinary game against England. In a match where India chased 337 and had plenty to get in the last ten overs, Dhoni and Jadhav hardly showed any intent, knocking around singles, when the asking rate was off the roofs. Dhoni’s final score 42(31) doesn’t explain the story as he failed to raise the scoring rate in the final overs.
Experts and fans have slammed Dhoni for his slow scoring rate and former Indian player and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar said he was baffled by Dhoni’s inning.
If there was any team that had the ability to stop India’s winning run. It was England. Dhoni’s approach in the last few overs however was baffling. ?” he wrote on Twitter.
Sourav Ganguly and Nasser Hussain too had criticized Dhoni’s approach in the final overs. Earlier, Manjrekar had said that the pressure to perform should be put on players like K L Rahul as well and not just MSD.
“India should be looking at others, and not just Dhoni, to win them matches. The likes of K.L. Rahul should also be asked as to why he is getting out after getting a start and not finishing with big scores. I love Dhoni best when he bats like he did in the warm-up games where he scored 30 off 30 balls and then the late flourish came. The team management should tell him to keep up with a run-a-ball kind of start and then see how it goes. If it is 12/2, then I can understand that Dhoni’s experience comes in. But once he is in at around 22-25 overs, that should be the endeavour,” explained Manjrekar.
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