People Management in Cricket - Dhoni knows his stuff!!!

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

The first thing Indian captain Dhoni said during presentation after India won the action packed India-Australia semis was “Before I start Ravi, yesterday I read an article on Cricinfo. It says according to you if we go with me, Aussies are the favourites. I think me and my boys proved you wrong and I think you are happier than us”… I was smiling… :) And I thought to myself, here is one guy who knows how to touch the right nerve of the poeople!

A lot of people opposed the Control Board’s choice of Dhoni as the captain for ODIs. I was one of them. I thought Dhoni was way too young to take up the pressure that comes from being the captain of a cricket-frenzy nation. He proved me and all the others wrong with his tactful handling of all those who were against him. He did not go on a verbal altercation with them, nor a typical cold-war kind of an attitude. He made sure he got on their right side :)

His exuberant praise for Yuvraj and his unflappable faith in Yoginder Sharma, showed that this guy knows how to trust his team and praise them… This certainly motivates the team members to put in their best! Yuvraj is such an excellent player, but somehow Dravid never used him as much as he should have… With Dhoni by his side, Yuvraj is now doing wonders! 6 sixes in 6 balls, a small example of that! :)

Specially after Yuvi’s father Yograj Singh went on record saying that he was “hurt” that his son was not considered for captaincy, Dhoni has been specially careful with Yuvi, praising him at every possible chance… Now thats what I call a smart move :)

Way to go Dhoni! :)

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7 Comments

  1. Sathish
    Posted September 24, 2007 at 9:35 am | Permalink

    hez interesting… lets wait…

  2. rampantheart
    Posted September 24, 2007 at 12:10 pm | Permalink

    Nice post!What an interesting and an awesome game it was!I really look forward to the finals. :)

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  3. sai
    Posted March 11, 2008 at 10:25 am | Permalink

    Dear,Friend
    Mahendra Singh Dhoni or MS Dhoni pronunciation born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi,

    Jharkhand is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian Twenty20 and ODI

    team.1 Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.Dhoni got his big

    break in the Indian team courtesy his exploits against Pakistan.
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  4. kavita vishwakarma
    Posted June 20, 2008 at 6:21 pm | Permalink

    hi

  5. shankar
    Posted July 9, 2008 at 11:12 am | Permalink

    hai …………………………….

  6. sheena
    Posted July 12, 2008 at 2:03 pm | Permalink

    hi
    i luv ms dhoni
    he is a fab cricketer
    most hot and handsome
    i m his biggest fan in this world
    i know everything about him

  7. ABDUL NASAR
    Posted July 14, 2008 at 3:28 pm | Permalink

    I LOVE DHONI
    YOU ARE VERY WONDER FULL BATSMAN
    YOU SO VERY HAND SOME

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