An Open Letter to MSD

This letter is long pending one, and a proof of nothing succeeds like success. 

Hi Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 

Ever since I came to know that you will be leading our cricket team, I have hated you for one reason or the another with some fair and some personal. However I want to start this letter with congratulating you on your successful campaign of IPL 4 and ICC ODI World Cup 2011. Apparently you would be the only captain who won ODI, T20 world cups, Champions league and most prestigious of all IPL twice, not to forget top ranking in test cricket, a very very rare feet to achieve.

I remember, the first distinct sign of yours in way back of my engineering days. When we used to bunk lectures to complete machine designs and listening commentary on Bhus's transistor [Yeah those days, when Lakshmipathi Balaji was new sensation in pace bowling and all MTV shows were considered as COOL] you hit those bloody 148 in Pakistan and we were all like 'wait a minute, this can be our own gillie'. Something that India never had; A wicket keeper batsman. Somehow Indian selectors were changing wicket keepers more frequently than Deepika Padukone changes her boyfriends so after a long loyal stint of Nayan Mongia we were just getting over of Vijay Dahia, MSK Prasad, Parthiv Patel and Saba Karim [the AAJ-TAK cricket expert] Then we found a hard hitting [literally] batsman cum wicket keeper from Ranchi - Jharkhand [seriously, do they have a cricket team?] someone who look like Kunal Kapoor with Tara Sharma's hair on him. Honestly we just loved the way you batted on that Pakistan tour of 2005, the HATHODA Shots of your were real treat to watch.

Meanwhile Greg Chapell happened to Indian cricket and after lots of abba dabba jabba, finally the captaincy came to your plate. It kind of did fall in your pocket, after World Cup 2007 disaster, Sachin - Sehwag was not ready to take the crown and offering Yuvraj to lead the team is offering Sherlyn Chopra a Parwati Bhabhi role. If I go back in time and try to find out logical reasoning behind why I hate you, it seems really difficult to justify myself. With the outrageous success you achieved in so short time, nothing seems to be wrong with you. 

You are manipulating, shrewd and selfish, but hey guess what, it all works for you. So this letter is nothing but to congratulate you on your success. As you continue to achieve new success milestones, I shall continue to hate you. 

With Best Wishes

MumbaiChaat.