Daijiworld Media Network
New Delhi, Jul 23: To every one's surprise on the second day of the first India-England test at Lord's on Friday July 22, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni removed his glows, handed them over to make-shift wicket-keeper Rahul Dravid and walked into bowl himself.
Known to the world as one of the best wicket keeper-batsmen in cricket, and more than that, for his cool but successful captaincy, Dhoni is not so popular for his bowling skills.
This move by Dhoni has come under heavy fire from former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev, who told a TV channel that by bowling himself on the very second day of a crucial test match, Dhoni has made mockery of Test cricket. Being a wicket-keeper, he should not have done that, he said.
But does Dhoni really deserve such criticism? One would say no, because in his very first over, Dhoni almost took the wicket of Peterson twice. In the first ball, KP was completely beaten, and late in the over he almost got out but survived because of Hot Spot reference system!
If Dhoni had taken a couple of wickets in his 8-over spell, would Kapil have passed such comments on the Indian captain?