Skipper Dhoni given Man of the Match award to boost his morale?

[Umer]

Re: Skipper Dhoni given Man of the Match award to boost his morale?

@Southie

^^ it is not as simple as two scored centuries, so winning CENTURION MOM.

DHONI at # 7 scored 113 out of 228. Take away 20 extras he scored 113 out of 208 runs scored by batsmen. He came in at 29 for 5. At home my brow and everyone else stopped watching. It seemed to be over.

Granted Pak was 21 for 2. So Nasirs innings was responsible for victory. But Younus 58 steadied the innings. And Manlike 34 was also key. Nasir as an opener scored 101 runs out of 229. Subtract 10 extras he scored 101 out of 219 scored runs.

IMHO this was an easy decision. That’s what makes sports discussions fun.

To me it was not, but as mentioned before I can live with the decision to give the MoM to Dhoni in the first match because there was a case to be made for him. In the third ODI however there was NO case to be made for him, yet he still won the award. That’s what pisses me off.