Ricky Ponting, successful but miles behind the best?

There has been a very popular debate about captains and their success as well as leadership in sports and especially in cricket.
Ricky Ponting known as the most successful captain to the world and also by many of the cricket experts and former but now there seems to have a twist in the tale as Dhoni looking to overtake everything Ponting ever achieved.
Whether it was him being a Three Time World Cup Winning Team Part since 1999 to 2007 (Twice During Captaincy) and Two Champions Trophy Wins in 2006 and 2009.
But as soon as Ponting lost his peak and found himself out of form in recent years, everyone seems forget his dominance but one could i ask was it really a pure dominance and did something serious got unnoticed?
If so, we have presented a Video showing how unethical was Ponting, through out his whole career.

But that is not just the end of it, Today it will be proved how Dhoni is better than Ricky Ponting or should i say 'Cheating Champion'?

Reasons:
1. Dhoni is a cool head and takes decision sensibly where as Ponting get's frustrated about little things like missed run-out chance,misfield when the passes and fielder misses and sometimes even abuses opponent's team mates when he get's out or struggles that is what we call sledging in cricket.

2. Dhoni also has to work behind the wicket with the gloves which is not any easy task if one is an accomplished batsman and a captain.

3. Ponting lead a side that has alot of Star Players like Glenn Mcgrath, Brett Lee, Warne, Gillespie, Andy Bichel, M. Bevan,  Adam Glichrist, Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Darren Lehmann etc. but Dhoni doesn't have such quality players (especially in bowling department) where it's lacking the form for many senior players except the likes of Zaheer Khan who was the Highest Wicket Taker in World Cup 2011 along with Shahid Afridi  although India has a formidable batting line-up but that too sometimes look vulnerable when playing on bouncy/fast tracks or outside subcontinent.

4. Ponting over-speak about opponents and their individual and also one of his remark about Sachin was "Sachin Plays for His Record" which he said during his press conference when series in 2009 b/w India and Australia were about to start.
 The Bloke usually shows his arrogance and frustration during press or Post-Match Presentation ceremony where he hardly ever give credit to the opponent team for winning or giving in a good fight. Whereas Dhoni mostly (if not always) give credit to the players of other team for doing well.

5. Ponting never giving up attitude sometimes even get him to do it unethical way (or should say he's pure Australia Style?) as we have seen him being found guilty of cheating numerous times but Dhoni is not only captain cool but also honest at his job because he's well acknowledged about the quote "cheaters never prospers" but Ponting might still have to learn many things about it.

Bottomline, the only way Ponting can be better than Dhoni is due to the record he holds under the captaincy but does breaking the laws of the game(s) counts? The Answer is very obvious.
Anonymous said...

But Dhoni isn't a very successful captain too

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