Dhoni's little detour

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Zaheer Khan,and RP Singh's trip from Rajkot to north-eastern Maharashtra for the inauguration of a local cricket tournament, before the second ODI against England, incurs the ire of Sharda Ugra in her blog in India Today, where she criticises the BCCI for allowing the players to attend the event in the midst of an ongoing international series.

If they didn't, they should have. Either protested or leaked (which they can do quite expertly) in order to cause an uproar. If, however, they believe it was alright to toodle off to Bhandara, then maybe they do deserve to have all manner of dignitaries marching into changing room and grabbing seats in their viewing areas as used to happen.

If they did and were over-ruled, it is only a reflection of what the BCCI and its current bosses think of cricket. That they don't think of cricket at all.