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Dhoni is a very defensive captain, says Mark Waugh

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Posted: Jan 05, 2012 at 1317 hrs IST

Sydney Unimpressed with MS Dhoni's leadership skills, former Australia batsman Mark Waugh called the Indian a ‘defensive captain’, who just sits back and waits for the opposition to make mistakes.

Australia piled up 659/4 on the third day and replying to that India were 114/2, still trailing by 354 runs.

“They've been very disappointing. They (India) batted terribly and they just looked so lethargic in the field, they don't look like they want to be there,” said Waugh.

“The tactics are right out there, very defensive. Dhoni is a very defensive captain. I have watched him a lot and he sits back and tries to see the opposition make mistakes. They've really got to change their attitude. They're pretty good at home but away from home they probably should be ranked about eighth,” Waugh was quoted as saying by the foxsports.com.au.

Waugh, meanwhile, applauded the efforts of Ricky Ponting (134) and said now that the former skipper has managed to end his century drought, he is likely to score more runs.

Stating that Ponting's knock could open the floodgates, Waugh said, “He has threatened in the past three or four months with quite a few 50s and it's just good to see him make that hundred. He batted pretty well. I suppose you keep comparing him to the batsmen he was in his prime and he's not quite that player, but he's still very effective. He's a class player. That will keep the wolves at bay for a while I guess.”

“He'll probably relax a bit more now and you'll probably see him make a lot more runs before this Test series is out.”

Ponting hit his first century in two years -- 17 Tests and 33 innings and it was his 40th hundred in his 160th Test.

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Indian Cricket by RAMAN kolluri on 05 Jan 2012

Now that we have seen how great our cricket team is, we should seriously consider conferring Bharat Ratna not on just Tandulkar but for all our players .God save this coutry

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