MS Dhoni needs to be more aggressive, says Mark Taylor

Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor has suggested Mahendra Singh Dhoni to adopt more aggressive approach in the one-dayers.

Taylor was not reluctant to say Team India has plenty of lessons to learn from their terrible tour Down Under.

"Mahendra Singh Dhoni has to be more aggressive in his captaincy. Look at the way Mahela Jayawardene has captained and it has reflected by Sri Lanka’s performance in the series," said Taylor.

He added, “On flat wickets, the captain is thinking how do I defend a total of 300 or restrict the opposition to 300. In Australia, a captain is thinking about does he take three wickets in the first 15 overs."

Team Blue failed to do anything special on the Australian tour. In the Test series, Dhoni and men suffered an embarrassing 4-0 loss, their second consecutive overseas whitewash defeat.

The Men in Blue continued their poor run in the limited-over series and could not make to the best-of-three finals of the tri-angular series. Apart from India’s bonus point victory over Sri Lanka, the Indians came up with nothing special.

Recapping India’s disastrous tour, Taylor described that Dhoni’s strategy was one of the biggest reasons behind their humiliating loss in Australia.

He said, "I don’t know who will captain India in three years’ time, but from this tour, it is an important lesson that should be learnt if India have to succeed. Tubby" (Taylor’s nickname) believed India have enough talent to succeed in ODIs, but they needed
an aggressive captain to do well in conditions outside India.”

The former Australian skipper also shared, "If I were Dhoni, I might just look back at this series and have a look at the way Mahela has captained the team. He has always looked for wickets and has been in the face of the Aussies."

India’s immediate assignment is to do well in the Asia Cup. Many cricket pundits are asking for wholesale changes in the side to bring in fresh blood.

However, the Indian cricketer administration and selection panel is not ready to make drastic changes, as they are likely to keep similar setup for the upcoming tournament.

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