DID DHONI COST INDIA GAME?
Personally, I always feel him (Dhoni) batting at No. 4 will be ideal for the team. Rayudu has done really well now at No. 4, so it totally depends what the captain and coach think about it.
ROHIT ON MS DHONI’S BATTING POSITION
Fancied India came up 34 runs short in the first ODI. For world champions Australia, this was only their fourth win in 20 one-dayers since June 2017 that came at the same SCG where India had sealed the Test series on Monday. Cricviz collates seven key numbers from Saturday’s loss.
The first time Kohli was dismissed in the first 5 overs of an ODI since the 2017 Champions Trophy.
wickets were lost by India in the first four overs. The last time that happened in an ODI was January 2010, against Sri Lanka.
The last time MS Dhoni was at the crease in the first 5 overs of an ODI was against England in January 2017.
21-3
India’s lowest scoring Powerplay 1 since the 11-3 vs Sri Lanka in Dharamshala, December 2017.
11.04
rpo (runs per
over) was the rate at which MS Dhoni's attacking strokes scored in ODIS in 2013. In 2018, it was 7.43 rpo. Dhoni’s execution has got worse over the seasons.
4.37
Since the Champions Trophy in 2017, 18 batsmen have faced 1,000+ deliveries whilst batting in the top six. None have scored more slowly than the 4.37 rpo managed by Dhoni.
In the last decade, only two Indian individual ODI innings of 96 balls or longer have been slower than Dhoni's SCG knock. One was Rayudu vs Zimbabwe in 2016 (3.1 rpo), and the other was Dhoni against West Indies in 2017.