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Dhoni Rules The World (some perspective before the next hating spree please)
« on: October 01, 2009, 07:16:26 PM »
Dhoni named ODI Player of the Year


India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the ODI Player of the Year award for the second year in a row at the ICC Awards in Johannesburg.

Dhoni beat off tough competition from team-mates Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag as well as West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul to take the award.

During the voting period, Dhoni played 24 ODIs and scored 967 runs at an average of 60.43 and at a rate of 86.63 runs per 100 balls faced. In that time he hit nine half-centuries making sure he led his team from the front.

Also in that time, Dhoni, as wicketkeeper, played a hand in 26 dismissals (18 catches and eight stumpings) and led his country to victory in 17 of the 24 matches in which he played. He is currently ranked number one in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, comfortably ahead of the next best.

Dhoni also features in both the Test and ODI Teams of the Year as both wicketkeeper and captain of both sides, as selected by the expert five-man panel.

The panel was chaired by West Indies legend Clive Lloyd and included former India captain Anil Kumble, former England wicketkeeper Bob Taylor, former Pakistan opener Mudassar Nazar and former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming.

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Re: Dhoni Rules The World (some perspective before the next hating spree please)
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2009, 07:18:06 PM »
Indian skipper MS Dhoni has been named as captain of the Test Team of the Year, as he was for the ODI team of the year. Twelve players from six countries were inlcuded in the line-up, chosen by a specially appointed selection panel chaired by West Indian batting legend Clive Lloyd. South African fast bowler Dale Steyn was the only player making the cut from the 2008 Test Team of the Year.

Lloyd was joined on the panel by former Indian captain Anil Kumble, ex-Pakistan allrounder Mudassar Nazar, former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming and ex-England wicketkeeper Bob Taylor.

World Test Team of the Year: Gautam Gambhir (India), Andrew Strauss (England), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka), Michael Clarke (Australai), MS Dhoni (India, capt & wk), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Mitchell Johnson (Australia), Stuart Broad (England), Dale Steyn (South Africa), Harbhajan Singh (India, 12th man)
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Re: Dhoni Rules The World (some perspective before the next hating spree please)
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2009, 07:19:12 PM »
MS Dhoni was named captain of the World ODI Team of the Year at the ICC Awards in Johannesburg. The team was chosen by a specially appointed selection panel chaired by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd.

Six countries are represented in the 12-man line-up and just one player - Dhoni - appeared in the World ODI Team of the Year in 2008.

Chairman of the ICC Awards selection panel, Lloyd said: "It was a very difficult task in selecting this year's ODI team but looking at the line-up I feel it has great balance and depth. It would be a formidable team." Lloyd was joined on the panel by former India captain Anil Kumble, former Pakistan all-rounder Mudassar Nazar, former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming and ex-England wicketkeeper Bob Taylor

World ODI team of the year: Virender Sehwag (Ind), Chris Gayle (WI), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Martin Guptill (NZ), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, WK), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Nuwan Kulasekara (SL), Ajantha Mendis (SL), Umar Gul (Pak), 12th man: Thilan Thushara (SL)
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Re: Dhoni Rules The World (some perspective before the next hating spree please)
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2009, 08:14:41 PM »
No Smith, No Kallis, No De Villiers, No Tendulkar....

Martin Guptill?
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Re: Dhoni Rules The World (some perspective before the next hating spree please)
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2009, 08:18:23 PM »
Quote from: indcric on October 01, 2009, 08:14:41 PM
No Smith, No Kallis, No De Villiers, No Tendulkar....

Martin Guptill?

Quota candidate.
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Re: Dhoni Rules The World (some perspective before the next hating spree please)
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2009, 08:20:41 PM »
Quote from: CLR James on October 01, 2009, 08:18:23 PM
Quote from: indcric on October 01, 2009, 08:14:41 PM
No Smith, No Kallis, No De Villiers, No Tendulkar....

Martin Guptill?

Quota candidate.

Or this might be a fantasy cricket team, where he is available for 80,000
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Re: Dhoni Rules The World (some perspective before the next hating spree please)
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2009, 08:24:16 PM »
Quote from: indcric on October 01, 2009, 08:14:41 PM
No Smith, No Kallis, No De Villiers, No Tendulkar....

Martin Guptill?
That is why we say, "stats" are bikinis. The judges should have looked at the real stuff.
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Re: Dhoni Rules The World (some perspective before the next hating spree please)
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2009, 01:32:34 AM »
Quote from: indcric on October 01, 2009, 08:14:41 PM
No Smith, No Kallis, No De Villiers, No Tendulkar....

Martin Guptill?

Smith  ??? what has he done in the last season to be in the world test team ??? All he has done is score 2 match winning 100s and 1 match saving 100 in tests
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Re: Dhoni Rules The World (some perspective before the next hating spree please)
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2009, 01:33:58 AM »
Quote from: indcric on October 01, 2009, 08:20:41 PM
Quote from: CLR James on October 01, 2009, 08:18:23 PM
Quote from: indcric on October 01, 2009, 08:14:41 PM
No Smith, No Kallis, No De Villiers, No Tendulkar....

Martin Guptill?

Quota candidate.

Or this might be a fantasy cricket team, where he is available for 80,000

 ;D ;D ;D
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