Re: Top Performer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
His treatment of Sharma in the two biggest matches of the tournament summed up his qualities as captain. You or I could toss the ball to a Wasim Akram or a Curtly Ambrose and calmly watch a match clinched in the final over. It requires no great leadership quality or tactical nous.
Yes, Dhoni showed some good skills as Captain....but this above quote is a load of crap.
Having Joginder bowl the last over against Aus and Pak was no stroke of Genius on Dhoni's part. It was more out of compulsion. Really, what were Dhoni's choices I would like to know.
In fact he tried to keep away Joginder in the Semi-finals (rightly so) by having Sehwag bowl...but when Sehwag too went for runs....and everybody else's quota was over...he had no other choice but to have Joginder bowl the last over.
Same thing in finals...his other choice was Harbhajan who was just tonked for 3 SIXES...and spin in the last over would have been easy pickings.
It will be interesting to see how long this "love affair" of Indian Media with "Dhoni's kaptaani" last. They are clearly going overboard. Nothing succeeds like success I guess.