Dhoni on the verge of greatness

As India kick off their NZ tour with a 20-20 game today, Dhoni gets his share of kudos for taking his team on an exciting ride to the high rungs of international cricket's ladder

Dhoni on the verge of greatness

As India kick off their NZ tour with a 20-20 game today, Dhoni gets his share of kudos for taking his team on an exciting ride to the high rungs of international cricket's ladder

All great teams need a very good or great leader and India are on the verge of becoming great as is Mahendra Singh Dhoni himself. You tend to judge great team by that yardstick.

So this summer as India get ready to take on hosts New Zealand, Dhoni's the man to watch out from the visiting team.

He always talks positively and thoughtfully. He is a gracious man, a wonderful influence on his young talents as also his experienced players. His tactical brain is always working behind the stumps and his messages are clear.
So he is ideal to take India into a position from where they can dominate over a period and rightfully begin to call themselves a great team.

I think from where India is right now they are on the verge of a great era; probably their greatest and they have just the right man to lead them from what I see in Dhoni.

To add to that he is always on the ball, his wicketkeeping is solid. He has got a presence on the field at all times. And it is apparent to all that he is the man in charge.

Alongwith coach Gary Kirsten and Venky Prasad, Dhoni has a good leadership team to work with. And then the experienced players around him back him up very well. A tour to New Zealand was a tough place to tour in the past, but with that solid leadership in Dhoni firmly in place, they should definitely be able to put it across this time. I think Dhoni will show why his team is better than the 2003 side.

The 2003 tour itself was bit of an exception.

New Zealand were experimenting with hard and fast wickets.

But now this time India will have Dhoni who has the presence of mind to handle any situation. I think on the world stage Dhoni could become the most valuable and resourceful player as already proven by his price in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Dhoni is one of the two best leaders in the game today alongwith Graeme Smith, who has himself been around for a while now.

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