like Mukul Kesavan does it here. A stunning piece on Dhoni!
It is difficult to choose excerpts from this piece. But I will select some paragraphs
It is difficult to choose excerpts from this piece. But I will select some paragraphs
There's something special about Dhoni.It can't just be that he's a provincial from Jharkhand who's made it to the top. There's been a cohort of "provincial" players who have represented India in recent years: Mohammad Kaif, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, the brothers Pathan, come to mind. It can't even be that he's the outstanding player among them, because he's not. Sehwag is the greatest natural talent Indian batting has seen since Sachin Tendulkar's debut (so true!!)....
He is the only Indian cricketer in the last 40 years (apart from Sehwag) who actually does what Kipling prescribed in that corny but resounding poem, "If": he meets with Triumph and Disaster and treats those two imposters just the same
Do read the whole piece!
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