5 times when MS Dhoni made wrong decisions in his international career

2) Not playing Gambhir, Sachin and Sehwag together

Many people might get surprised by hearing that 2011 was one of the toughest years for the skipper, MS Dhoni. The reason being the team’s dismal performances after their monumental World Cup win at Wankhede. The Blue team experienced a torrid time on their overseas trips to England and Australia. Especially the 2011-12 CB series where the team even failed to qualify for the finals.

Right from the start of the series, the team looked clueless on the field and it led to various questions regarding the team’s champions tag. At the centre of it was the captain who faced the wrath of the cricketing fraternity for his poor decision-making skills. Particularly his use of the senior players raised quite a few eyebrows. Dhoni’s idea of not fielding the trio of Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in the same playing XI backfired completely.

He termed them liabilities in the field which is surprising considering their contributions in the World Cup win which took place just months before the event. Also, he went onto add that he wanted to mould the side for the 2015 World Cup. Then out of the blue, he played them together in a do or die clash, which shows that he doubted his own instincts. Besides even the players involved in the plans showed their displeasure which was not a good sign for the dressing-room environment.