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Indexed  February 16, 2011

The world cup has no buzz. This is official. I can tell because my normally savvy blogger buddies are down to nitpicking. They have collectively arrived at the conclusion that Dhoni is a leader but not a great captain. If I didn’t know these guys, I would have thought that they deserved an unescorted vacation to Waziristan.What set these young minds off on a witch (or wizard) hunt are the comments Dhoni made after India’s game against Australia. He had the temerity to demand runs from Piyush Chawla who twirled his way to 4 decent Australian scalps in the game. The outrage this spurred from my reasonable friends ranged from "unnece...   See the complete post here

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