ms dhoni joined indian cricket team in 1983.
ms dhoni joined indian cricket team in 1983.
when did ms dhoni join indian cricket team?
1983
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the indian cricket team, humiliated in all forms of the game in the tour, was the subject of ridicule from the media and former cricketers. "the australian" wrote under the headline "india's pillars of strength reduced to useless rubble" dhoni is not the only shaky pillar of what only eight months ago was the number one cricket nation in the world. vvs laxman, once the scourge of australian bowlers, is being flayed himself at home after scores of 2,1, 2, 66, 31 and 0. virender sehwag, who warmed up for this series by scoring the fastest double century in one-day international history, also is trending south faster than scott and amundsen, having followed up his whirlwind 67 in melbourne with innings of 7, 30, 4, 0 and 10. worst of all, dhoni has failed with the bat. the indian captain is no thunderer at the best of times – neither is coach duncan fletcher, which may be part of the problem – but how can he demand more of his batsmen when he has nowhere to hide behind scores of 6, 23, 57no, 2, 12 and 2? india has not had a single century-maker in the past three tests, the daily telegraph said that india's performance was "so bad that the first question that came michael clarke's way at the press conference was 'did it feel as if you were playing bangladesh?'". the newspaper also played up dhoni's one-match ban due to the indian team's slow over-rate in the third test. under the headline 'dhoni dumped from adelaide test', the newspaper wrote, "india's shambolic tour of australia plunged into unprecedented disarray when their captain ms dhoni was sensationally banned from playing in the final test due to slow over rates". the herald sun wrote about how australia built up a team after the ashes humiliation last year while sarcastically mentioning the visiting players skipping practice sessions in the tour.as painful as it was, getting flogged in last year's ashes may be remembered as the recession australia had to have. nothing is being taken for granted in australian cricket any more. the new coaching unit is working well under head coach mickey arthur and australia has worked hard to freshen up every aspect of its game. india, by contrast, just lobs along, its players pocketing millions each year and too spoilt to make major sacrifices. it's appropriate that many indian players spent a lot of time last week sitting under trees at training, because their entire test match game is being left in the shade.
indian cricket team in australia in 2011–12