India's Greatest Batsmen and Mahendra Singh

Dhoni has had a spectacular run as captain over the past twelve months - World Cup victory, darling check team, IPL triumph and Champions League trophy. These victories ought to place him within the running for 'winning-best sportsman of the year', though Novak Djokovic can find yourself winning that title come back December 2011 (no, it is not an actual title, however it ought to be- you need to be ready to recognise the best champion across all sports for a calender year). However Dhoni has not had the best run with the bat, notably in check matches. His last check century came around a year ago on a flat Kolkata pitch on that four Indian batsmen scored a whole bunch within the innings. he is averaged twenty six with the bat over the past twelve months and his overall check average stands at thirty eight. that is vast for a keeper who bats at seven. however this is often Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a person who is on the right track to become on of India's greatest batsmen ever, a minimum of within the restricted over’s game.

 So how smart has Dhoni been in ODIs? he is 49-88 (Average-Strike Rate, rounded off). Compared, Tendulkar is 45-86; Ponting is 43-81 whereas Lara finished at 40-80. Bevan wound up at 54-74, Kallis is at 45-73 and Richards is 47-90 (which is mind-bogglingly good considering the age he played in). currently granted Dhoni has a few third of the career runs of a Sachin and still contains a thanks to go in his career, however at his current pace he is on course to be rated one among the best ODI batsmen ever. And it is not with reference to the numbers - Dhoni may bring up delivering quality performances once they matter (World Cup final or in tight chases in general). His critics bring up his unorthodox technique or his not-so-elegant shots, however very cheap line is that the man gets the duty done and finds how to adapt to completely different things.

With Tests though, Dhoni has lost his method a little. Yes, there are a couple of unlucky dismissals, except for the foremost half he hasn't batted well. Here's a glance at where Dhoni stands amongst the India's greatest run-scorers in Tests and ODIs

We are merely viewing overall averages in Tests and ODIs, whereas ignoring different variables like strike rate and era the batsmen played in. Tendulkar stands out for his ability to deliver in each kinds of the sport. Laxman and Gavaskar show up to be clear check specialists - amongst the most effective within the 5 day game however didn’t have identical success in ODIs. Who's the opposite shocking 'Test specialist' in there? Virender Sehwag, who extremely has no business being there (he ought to be within the Tendulkar category), however is very inconsistent in ODIs and solely averages thirty five.

By distinction, Yuvraj and Ganguly are ODI specialists, who thrived much better within the fifty over format. Dhoni appears to be the foremost extreme ODI specialist - subsequent Bevan - if he keeps going at his current pace. However, he extremely ought to be doing higher in Tests and he'll be hoping to induce back to some type throughout the britain series. He was averaging concerning forty three is Tests one year ago and India can want him to induce going against a robust opposition.