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[kban1]

Dhoni all set to lead India in One-Dayers

New Delhi: It’s final. Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be India's new One-Day captain. Sources have confirmed to CNN-IBN that the decision to appoint Dhoni has been taken by the selection committee after Sachin Tendulkar refused to do the job.

As reported first on the channel, the captaincy is all set to be split, with Tendulkar - who wants to be choosy now about playing the One-Dayers - being given the Test job.

The information available with CNN-IBN shows that the Little Master is keen, but has not yet made up his mind.

CNN-IBN can also confirm now that Irfan Pathan will be back in the India One-Day team. For the first three matches of the series against Australia that starts later this month, Pathan will find a place back for the first time since the World Cup.

Munaf Patel will be dropped and will Ajit Agarkar as the squad is being reduced to14 from the 15 that went to Engalnd.

There might be a toss up between Harbhajan Singh and Romesh Powar for the spinner's place although for now the Mumbai bowler seems to have the edge.

On Monday, Rahul Dravid, who resigned as captain of the Indian Test and One-Day team, revealed that he relinquished his post as he was not enjoying his stint.

"I was not enjoying captaincy of the Indian team," Dravid told PTI on Monday night in his first public comment since his resignation.

"I began considering stepping down as Indian captain towards the end of the ODI series against England," Dravid added.

"There is a shelf life to captaincy in India in which you can give it your best. Captaincy takes a lot out of you," Dravid reasoned.

[justforkix]

HEHE - Sources again 

[cricinfo]

OMG did you mean Agar Kyon will be dropped !!! that is more shocking than RD resigning

[Zacked]

According to Zee news sources its gonna be Dhoni in ODIs and SRT in tests... while this is taken the biggest joke was KKD to be the vice captain in ODIs

[Jai]

OMG did you mean Agar Kyon will be dropped !!! that is more shocking than RD resigning

Oh c'm on, unless he's dropped, how can he make a comeback? After all, he's known as the 'comeback man'. He himself may ask Colonel to drop him against the Aussies. Otherwise, after a good thrashing by the Aussies, he may have to wait longer to make the next comeback.

[justforkix]

According to Zee news sources its gonna be Dhoni in ODIs and SRT in tests... while this is taken the biggest joke was KKD to be the vice captain in ODIs

KaKaDi is leadership and captaincy material 

[kban1]

NDTV says according to BCCI sources MSD will be ODI captain -- to be announced by BCCI at 1 PM IST

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtvcricket/showstory.aspx?id=SPOEN20070026453&site=ndtv

Read the story and see if you cannot but spot the uncanny resemblance in language to the CNN-IBN report. Looks like they both have the same sources and the same scriptwriters  

[broadbat]

Confirmed Dhoni is ODI Captain.

[Zacked]

BTW off topic... just dont want to open a new topic for this... why is dhoni not scoring freely these days... Since English tour he has been a bit rusty... i saw that he is using a lot of wrists in every shot could this be a real problem.. IMO he isnt playing with the straight bat anymore??

[broadbat]

Dhoni was never a slogger from the first ball onwards. In the last game he got run out just when he was priming himself for the assault. This is why I feel he should continue to bat where he did in the last T20 game in ODI's also so that he can play himself in and take it to the bowlers after the 40th over. Again he is bound to fail now and then in launching an assault just as anyone else.

[indcric]

Is it confirmed that SRT is test captain and MSD is ODI captain? So, that will give SRT 1 more month to decide whether he wants to do the captaincy. They might not announce the Test captaincy for now. They will just announce the ODI captaincy and wait till Pak series to announce the Test Captain. Meanwhile, we can all enjoy this captaincy debate circus along with the media.

Wow, what a kind of entertainment does BCCI provide?

[dextrous]

Is it confirmed that SRT is test captain and MSD is ODI captain? So, that will give SRT 1 more month to decide whether he wants to do the captaincy. They might not announce the Test captaincy for now. They will just announce the ODI captaincy and wait till Pak series to announce the Test Captain. Meanwhile, we can all enjoy this captaincy debate circus along with the media.

Wow, what a kind of entertainment does BCCI provide?

And as a cricket DG we humbly thank them for it!

[pipsqueak]

HEHE - Sources again 

headline on NDTV  - ROFL

"Dhoni to lead ODI team: Sources"

[justforkix]

HEHE - Sources again 

headline on NDTV  - ROFL

"Dhoni to lead ODI team: Sources"

Very soon, it might be

Sources to lead ODI team: Dhoni

 

[Libran]

How about

"ODI team leads Dhoni to Sources" 

[Libran]

If there is a surprise , how about a headline which goes

Soursoan ki saag beats Ramgopal Varma ki Aag