The biography authored by Gulu Ezekiel provides interesting comprehension of the man who put Indian cricket on global map for the third time after Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar by winning all the coveted ICC championship tournaments - Twenty-20 World Cup in 2007, World Cup in 2011, and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013 a feat accomplished by none before him. Dhoni Story is a cricket memoir articulating MS Dhoni's exploits as a leader and an attacking wicket-keeper batsman. He donned the mantle of captaining a side boasting of champion cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virendra Sehwag and Zaheer Khan. MS Dhoni graced the game of cricket during an era, which witnessed the likes of Adam Gilchrist, Mark Boucher, and Kumar Sangakkara at their peak dominating world cricket with exquisite glove work and attacking batting artistry with the willow which possessed the flair and craftsmanship of many colossal figures to have played the game before them. MS Dhoni graced the game of cricket du If India had in their ranks Kapil's Devils who won the 1983 World Cup defeating the mighty West Indies and making waves during the decades of 1970-90, the new generation of young, dynamic cricketers from the last decade had at their disposal an indispensable leader in Mahendra Singh Dhoni who was as cool as it could get during the intense, nerve-racking cliff-hangers which undisputedly define limited overs game and the passion of cricket lovers.
If India had in their ranks Kapil's Devils who won the 1983 World Cup defeating the mighty West Indies and making waves during the decades of 1970-90, the new generation of young, dynamic cricketers from the last decade had at their disposal an indispensable leader in Mahendra Singh Dhoni who was as cool as it could get during the intense, nerve-racking cliff-hangers which undisputedly define limited overs game and the passion of cricket lovers. This is one book which I will not recommend to anybody except may be to die-hard Dhoni fans, who may lap it up.more We really don't get to know Dhoni as a person. However this book has a feel of some newspaper reports of the matches involving Dhoni loosely stitched together. You must really get to know the person whose life is being described. Maybe he should have stuck to it instead of trying his hand in writing books especially a biography.Ī good biography should paint a very interesting and realistic picture of its subject. This is one bo The author is supposed to be one of the best-known sports journalist. A good biography should paint a very interesting and realistic picture of its subject. Maybe he should have stuck to it instead of trying his hand in writing books especially a biography.
Dhoni played 350 ODIs with his highest score being 183 against Sri Lanka.The author is supposed to be one of the best-known sports journalist. Unarguably the quickest man behind the wicket, Dhoni has 195 international stumpings, the most by any wicket-keeper. With India winning the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013 in England, Dhoni became the first and is still the only captain to date to have won all three ICC Trophies. It was under his leadership that India lifted the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 after having led India to triumph in the ICC World T20 in its maiden edition of the tournament held in 2007 in South Africa. He is among the most successful captains in world cricket. On Saturday, Dhoni had announced his retirement on Instagram. You ended this game in style - like always and we bid you farewell. Parle-G tweeted, "We like our Chai hot and our “Captain Cool". "Thank you for the memories, Captain Cool and Suresh Raina! As always, you've finished the game well, again," SpiceJet tweeted. ? #DhoniRetires #Dhoni /YGd9mNQuTQ- GoAir August 15, 2020 Thank you Captain Cool you will be missed.
From lightning fast stumpings to last ball victories - you've always been the best at 'finishing it off in style!’