Player of the Series Awards for Dhoni in ODI

In the last discussion, we saw the man of the match (player of the match) awards won by Mahendra Singh Dhoni in One Day Internationals. In this article, let us see the series awards, which is a fair indication of consistent performance throughout the entire series.

Awards in 2005
(1) Sri Lanka in India: In 7 matches, Dhoni scored 346 runs at an average of 115.33. This includes the unforgettable knock of 183* (15 fours and 10 sixes) at Nagpur which helped India to chase down a stiff target of 299 with ease. He also held 6 catches and effected 3 stumpings during this series. India won the series emphatically by a margin of 6-1.

Awards in 2006
Dhoni did not receive any "Player of the Series" awards in the year 2006.

Awards in 2007
(2) India in Bangladesh: The series was reduced to just two matches, after the last match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. In the two matches, Dhoni scored 127 runs with a top score of 91*. He held 1 catch and effected 2 stumpings. India won the series 2-0.

Awards in 2008
(3) India in Sri Lanka: Dhoni scored 193 runs from 5 matches with a high score of 76 and an average of 38.60. He held 3 catches and effected a stumping. India bounced back from 0-1 down to win the series 3-2. Dhoni's resolute batting helped India to counter the spin mystery of Ajantha Mendis. Dhoni was also lucky with the coin, as he called right on the first four occasions, which proved decisive.

Awards in 2009
(4) India in West Indies: Dhoni scored 182 runs from 4 matches with a high score of 95. He had an average of 91.00 in this series. Dhoni had to prove himself following the exit of Indian team from World Twenty20 2009 without even a single win in the Super Eights stage. He played crucial knocks in all the three matches in the series to help India register a 2-1 series win, with the last match being abandoned due to rain. He held 4 catches and stumped 2 batsmen out. He is once again lucky with the toss, winning on all the four occasions. His scores of 41, 95 and 46* took his batting average in ODIs to 50.18.

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Man of the Match Awards for Dhoni in ODI

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been a consistent performer in ODI matches for India. He could effortlessly change gears to suit the situation. He proved his attacking skills early in his career and his two innings, 148 against Pakistan and 183* against Sri Lanka, are proof of his aggression. Later, with more responsibility, he changed his style to a calm and cool aggregator. He could rotate his strike and open up during the end overs.

In this post, I have summarized the man of the match awards received by Dhoni in ODI matches. So far, he has received 9 awards from 120 matches played.

Awards in 2005
(1) ODI # 05, 05 Apr 05: vs Pakistan, 148 runs & 2 catches

(2) ODI # 22, 31 Oct 05: vs Sri Lanka, 183* runs & 1 catch

Awards in 2006
(3) ODI # 33, 13 Feb 06: vs Pakistan, 72* runs & 3 catches

Awards in 2007
(4) ODI # 70, 10 May 07: vs Bangladesh, 91* runs & 1 stumping

(5) ODI # 74, 10 Jun 07: vs Africa XI, 139* runs & 3 stumpings

(6) ODI # 88, 08 Oct 07: vs Australia, 50* runs & 2 stumpings

(7) ODI # 92, 05 Nov 07: vs Pakistan, 63 runs & 1 stumping

Awards in 2008
(8) ODI #114, 03 Jul 08: vs Sri Lanka, 67 runs & 2 catches

(9) ODI #118, 24 Aug 08: vs Sri Lanka, 76 runs & 2 catches

Awards in 2009
(10) ODI #131, 03 Mar 09: vs New Zealand, 84* runs, 1 catch, 1 stumping & effected a run-out

(11) ODI #138, 03 Jul 09: vs West Indies, 46* runs, 2 catches, 1 stumping and combined with Gautam Gambhir to effect a run-out

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McGain will be in India

Australia has confirmed the 15-member test team for the Indian tour commencing on September 27, with a two-day tour game against Rajasthan Cricket Association's Centre of Excellence. The Australians will play four test matches in India. The first match is scheduled to be played between Oct 9 and Oct 13 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

The Australian squad will be as follows:

1. Ricky Ponting (Captain)
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Phil Jaques
4. Michael Hussey
5. Michael Clarke
6. Simon Katich
7. Shane Watson
8. Brad Haddin (Wicket keeper)
9. Brett Lee
10. Jason Krejza
11. Mitchell Johnson
12. Peter Siddle
13. Bryce McGain
14. Stuart Clark
15. Doug Bollinger

Andrew Symonds Out
The notable omission from the squad is Andrew Symonds. Symonds was a central figure in the race row that surrounded Harbhajan Singh when India toured Australia in January. He was also a victim of crowd abuse during the previous one-day tour of India.

Shane Watson In
Shane Watson makes it to the test squad. Shane Watson will hope to repeat his success in India, when he was part of the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. In fact, his all-round performance in IPL is the key factor in his return to the Australian team.

Bowling Department
Jason John Krejza, right arm off-break bowler and Bryce McGain will look for some help from the expected spinner-friendly tracks. One of them would play alongside the pace trio of Brett Lee, Stuart Clark and Mitchell Johnson. Peter Siddle or Doug Bollinger might be in the squad if Australia decides to go in with five bowlers.

Probably, this is one of the less experienced squads from Australia to visit India. They have only four players who have played in India before. The Indians would be smiling at the absence of Symonds, as he is a good player of spin and has tormented the Indians on more than one occasion.

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Dhoni clinches LG ICC ODI Player of the Year Award

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the ODI Player of the year award at the LG ICC awards ceremony held in Dubai on 10 Sep 2008. This year’s LG ICC Awards included eight individual prizes, including a new one for the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year that went to Yuvraj Singh for his amazing six sixes off Stuart Broad.

Nominees for the award
India's one-day and Twenty20 International captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been nominated for the award along with Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Yousuf and Nathan Bracken. The award was given based on the players performance during the period between August 9, 2007 and August 12, 2008. Let us take a look at the comparison of the four players’ performance during the above period.

Analysis of the performances
The table below lists the performance of the four players during the mentioned period. The players include one bowler, two specialist batsmen and one wicket-keeper batsman.


It is very clear that everyone has performed well and it is difficult to prefer one above the other. During the period under consideration, Dhoni won three man of the match awards, Sachin too had three, Yousuf had two and Bracken was content with one. Yousuf had won the player of the series award for the South Africa series at home while Bracken clinched the series award for his performance during CB series in Australia.

Why the award went to Dhoni?
I believe Dhoni inched ahead of the others due to his wicket-keeping skills and his able captaincy. During this period, he has led the Indian team in 31 matches. The result is in favour of Dhoni with 16 wins, 12 losses and 3 matches with no result. Dhoni’s achievements, as captain, include a series victory over Pakistan at home, CB series triumph in Australia, finals appearance in Kitply cup and Asia cup. His batting average also shoots up to 59.10 while playing as a captain.

Milestone
Dhoni becomes the first Indian to win the ODI player of the year award. The last four awards went to England twice (Flintoff and Pietersen) and Australia twice (Hayden and Michael Hussey).

Other Awards

• Cricketer of the year: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)


• Test Player of the year: Dale Steyn (South Africa)


• Twenty20 International Performance: Yuvraj Singh (India)


• Emerging Player of the year: Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)


• Captain of the year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)


• Umpire of the year: Simon Taufel (Australia)


• Associate Player of the year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)


• Women’s Cricketer of the year: Charlotte Edwards (England)


• Spirit of Cricket award: Sri Lanka team

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