Dhoni - as tough as he looks
The first leg with captaincy has been more or less smooth for Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
The first leg with captaincy has been more or less smooth for Mahendra Singh Dhoni. But how when things are not as rosy, how will he manage defeat, criticism and dressing-room grumbles, asks Rohit Brijnath in the Hindu.
Dhoni has earned his million love letters, and a period where India should suspend judgement and let him grow. He had better be as tough as he looks for the BCCI’s job is simply to make his harder. Giving one crore to Yuvraj Singh for hitting six shots, however beautiful, is not just vulgar in a poor country, it is a celebration of individualism when Indian captains are valiantly trying to sell the idea of ‘team’.
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Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo