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Dec 30, 2012 gramakri rated it did not like it

The author is supposed to be one of the best-known sports journalist. Maybe he should have stuck to it instead of trying his hand in writing books especially a biography.
A good biography should paint a very interesting and realistic picture of its subject. You must really get to know the person whose life is being described.
However this book has a feel of some newspaper reports of the matches involving Dhoni loosely stitched together. We really don't get to know Dhoni as a person.
This is one bo The author is supposed to be one of the best-known sports journalist. Maybe he should have stuck to it instead of trying his hand in writing books especially a biography.
A good biography should paint a very interesting and realistic picture of its subject. You must really get to know the person whose life is being described.
However this book has a feel of some newspaper reports of the matches involving Dhoni loosely stitched together. We really don't get to know Dhoni as a person.
This is one book which I will not recommend to anybody except may be to die-hard Dhoni fans, who may lap it up. ...more

If India had in their ranks Kapil's Devils who won the 1983 World Cup defeating the mighty West Indies and making waves during the decades of 1970-80 and 1980-90, the new generation of young, dynamic cricketers from the last decade had at their disposal an indispensable leader in Mahendra Singh Dhoni who was as cool as it could get during the intense, nerve-racking cliff-hangers which undisputedly define limited overs game and the passion of cricket lovers. MS Dhoni graced the game of cricket du If India had in their ranks Kapil's Devils who won the 1983 World Cup defeating the mighty West Indies and making waves during the decades of 1970-80 and 1980-90, the new generation of young, dynamic cricketers from the last decade had at their disposal an indispensable leader in Mahendra Singh Dhoni who was as cool as it could get during the intense, nerve-racking cliff-hangers which undisputedly define limited overs game and the passion of cricket lovers. MS Dhoni graced the game of cricket during an era, which witnessed the likes of Adam Gilchrist, Mark Boucher, and Kumar Sangakkara at their peak dominating world cricket with exquisite glove work and attacking batting artistry with the willow which possessed the flair and craftsmanship of many colossal figures to have played the game before them. He donned the mantle of captaining a side boasting of champion cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virendra Sehwag and Zaheer Khan. Captain Cool: The M.S. Dhoni Story is a cricket memoir articulating MS Dhoni's exploits as a leader and an attacking wicket-keeper batsman. The biography authored by Gulu Ezekiel provides interesting comprehension of the man who put Indian cricket on global map for the third time after Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar by winning all the coveted ICC championship tournaments - Twenty-20 World Cup in 2007, World Cup in 2011, and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013; a feat accomplished by none before him. This defines the tag of Captain Cool associated with the Indian great, for Dhoni's calm composure and unfazed character has won him many laurels on the cricket field. He has championed a side of champions winning crucial Test series abroad and at home on several occasions. Gulu Ezekiel has left no stone unturned in describing elements of greatness in elite accomplishments of the colossal figure of Indian cricket and the global ambassador of the game. His conduct on and off the field with every appearance have been commendable. The initial segment in the book is dedicated to a descriptive account on his childhood, upbringing by his parents, several interesting trivia about his parents, his exploits as an unorthodox, unconventional wicket-keeper batsman, his liking for football, the life changing advises by his coaches from school days, a gist on his full-time profession before switching to cricket and making it his primary priority, the Tendulkar factor which kept him glued to cricket since childhood like every other Indian cricket fan, his short stint in first class cricket, the conflict between the selectors with his selection in the national team, a memorabilia of his epic first class knocks along with various other cricketing factors which define MS Dhoni the cricketer, the instant rise to stardom with a record breaking knock against Sri Lanka in a One day international, the scintillating knock against Pakistan which marked his arrival in the Test arena, and several similar significant exploits on the cricket field. The subsequent parts in the cricket memoir fall short of words in describing India's most celebrated captain's accomplishments at inter-school, junior level, and first class cricket tournaments setting the tone for enlightenment over his greater cricketing achievements at the highest level i.e. International cricket. The cricket enthusiasts world over are bound to find no reason to feel dejected by this kind of enlightenment.

MS Dhoni's aura as Captain Cool captures the imagination of book readers with the engrossing matter presented in the subsequent pages of the book, bestowing upon his admirers a sense of belief which betray their eyes at the sight of MS Dhoni's persona in their vicinity. Reading the calm demeanour can get as tough as understanding the batting dynamics facilitating his trademark shot with the bat - the helicopter shot. There's conventional leadership quality evident in his unperturbed external appearance during the most intense situations of a match or testing circumstances on the cricket field, which paradoxically is backed by an unorthodox batting technique and glove-work behind the stumps. The cricket enthusiast in Gulu Ezekiel delivers a stand out scripting performance as an author who penned Captain Cool: The M.S.Dhoni Story, adopting a unique technique of gathering data on MS Dhoni's various distinguished feat on cricket field to derive statistical analogy with Indian team's success in the three formats of the game under his leadership. To the awe of the readers his captaincy record, batting average as captain, and exploits with exquisite glove-work during his captaincy stint take an unprecedented place in Indian cricket's history of producing captains who are successful and effective match-winners. As captain, MS Dhoni has surpassed the benchmark set by two most successful Indian captains of past Mohammad Azharuddin and Sourav Ganguly, taking Indian cricket to height conquered never before. When he took over the reins as captain in Tests and limited overs cricket, India were doing reasonably well in international cricket to be ranked among the best top 5 teams in both Tests and One Day Internationals. The revival and resurgence of Indian cricket brought about by Sourav Ganguly's distinguished leadership skills had already seen the light of the day, before MS Dhoni made the crown proudly flaunted by the Prince of Kolkata his own. It is difficult to gauge the impact a Test team would have had or would create in international cricket without the old warhorses, the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, and Sourav Ganguly in its ranks. Captain Cool enjoyed the privilege of having these stalwarts around him during his formative years as India's Test captain. MS Dhoni's growth in stature as one of the greatest captains of the sport called cricket was a testimony to the symbolic team spirit and camaraderie shared among team players, a spectacle never as relevant as to this day in Indian cricket. Indian cricket had previously embraced masterly individuals, who left behind their legacy for future generation of cricketers to follow and carry ahead. Pataudi's elegance with the bat, Wadekar's wily leadership skills, Chandrasekhar's guile in imparting flight on deliveries, Bedi's disguised leg-cutters, Prasanna's deceiving drifters and floaters, Gavaskar's unmatched batting technique, pyrotechnic, and consistency with the bat, Kapil Dev's daredevilry exploits as an all-rounder complementing a good cricketing brain, Azharuddin's promising assurance with wristy flicks, Sachin Tendulkar's destined elevation to greatness with the wield of the magic willow in his hand, the entwined twins Kumble and Harbhajan's tricky deception with flipper and wrong'un, Dravid's resurrection of the uncracked wall after Vishwanath's bonhomie with it, Laxman's promising reassurance with wristy artistry, Ganguly's off side play next only to God and inspiring leadership - all these players had an element of orthodoxy associated with their style of play, but MS Dhoni defied orthodox cricket like the stunts in action movies defied gravity. And, therein lies his long lasting association with all the action down south. As Chennai Super King's captain in Indian Premier League tournaments, Dhoni took the team's fortunes to height unattainable by objects tossed in the air while enacting gravity defying stunts in Tamil blockbusters.

Captain Cool MS Dhoni had to deal with a fair amount of flak directed in his direction by the media during his stint as Indian cricket team's captain. The writer delves deep into few such instances which curbed Dhoni's freedom in matters of decision making during his initial days as captain of an experienced Test side. A lot of writing space is dedicated to the numerous challenges that confronted and caught Dhoni completely off guard. The Indian legend's elevation to the mantle of Indian captaincy for Twenty-20 World Cup in 2007 and India's emergence as Twenty-20 champions in the inaugural edition is the defining moment of his career, that allowed India's most successful captain to come into his own and make a mark in the international arena. Gulu emphasizes on the period in Indian cricket when anything Dhoni ventured into on the cricket field earned him nothing less than a chunk of gold. Indian cricket reached the pinnacle of its success under his captaincy with One day tri-series triumph Down Under, success in limited overs ICC Championship tournaments, Test series win in New Zealand, India gaining top spot in ICC Test Team Rankings, and Test series win in Sri Lanka. The book imparts crucial insight on Dhoni's efficacy in maneuvering bowling resources at his disposal and effective scripting of several memorable wins on home and foreign soil through proactive field placement resulting in the dawn of a new era in Indian cricket. With more success awaiting Indian cricket in the seasons to follow, the experts world over dubbed Indian team as 'The Invincibles', a title Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting's Australian teams proudly flaunted for twenty years with their unmatched dominance over world cricket for close to two decades. The writer also brings to fore, the influence of Indian Premier League on the quality of cricket on display since the last decade. MS Dhoni's leadership winning Chennai Super Kings two Indian Premier League and Champions League Twenty20 titles gets a good dose of Gulu Ezekiel's eloquence. Proceeding with the read helps us thoroughly understand emergence of the brand called MS Dhoni, which is aptly entitled as 'Dhoni is Priceless' in the biography. The historic World Cup triumph in 2011 has writing space dedicated to it that includes a segment describing Indian team's steady progress in tournament and MS Dhoni's impressive, skillful marshalling of his troops and bowling resources during the month and a half long ICC cricket tournament. Yuvraj Singh's brilliant run in the tournament, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar's run feast, Zaheer Khan's consistency with the ball, Virender Sehwag's thoughtful innovation and feat of sending the first ball of Indian innings rolling to the fence in every match, Gautam Gambhir's persona defining gritty knock in the final, and MS Dhoni's impact as the best finisher in limited overs cricket gained additional limelight during the epic tournament played in the subcontinent. India had made history after a long wait of 28 years. Indian team was crowned the new World champion. The proceedings at the Wankhede following the World Cup triumph redefined Indian cricket. Indian cricket admirers refined their attitude towards the national team and the players were flocked by cricket enthusiasts after winning the coveted trophy. The little master's cricketing ambitions were fulfilled with Men In Blue peaking at the right time in the tournament to reach the pinnacle. The months following the World cup triumph caught the attention of cricket fans as they waited anxiously for Sachin Tendulkar's hundredth international century. The wait was long before the little master raised his bat to accolades from the crowd. The record books had it - a century of international centuries by Sachin Tendulkar. MS Dhoni's persistence with Sachin Tendulkar in limited overs cricket against the odds had paid off though the hundredth ton did not yield the desired result for the team. The equalizer in the game of cricket had pronounced its verdict. With Sachin Tendulkar's illustrious international career reaching the fag end, MS Dhoni had assumed the role of the senior statesman in the team. It was time for every cricket lover to sit back and allow the batting maestro's retirement to sink in. An era in Indian cricket and international cricket had ended with MS Dhoni retaining his calm demeanour showing no signs of getting carried away by the occasion despite the hoopla surrounding him and his team. This kind of conduct coming from the captain who believed in moving on and thinking ahead was vital for Indian cricket's progress in the future. The Captain Cool's calmness rubbed on to other members in the team in no time and Indian cricket team was prepared to take on the cricket world with no big names in the playing eleven - A rebuild and transition phase had set in.

It was during Indian team's transition phase that the pressure began to mount on Dhoni. India lost several crucial Test series abroad and the decline in form affected Dhoni's credential and it was showing in his body language. The Captain Cool lost his calm composure on more occasion than one during this turbulent phase in Indian cricket. The Test drubbing in Australia and England did no good either and was a clear indicator of Indian team's disintegration during the rebuild process. India's good show in the shorter formats of the game provided some respite to MS Dhoni and his team. By the end of the cricket season in 2014, India's Test resurgence was the first objective playing on the captain's mind and a top priority in the team management's agenda for the immediate future. Apart from India's Test woes, domestic cricket in India suffered due to administrative turmoil which led to several unfavorable and undesirable turn of events primarily involving the Indian Premier League fraternity which left everyone from cricket enthusiasts to players to cricket administrators shell-shocked. MS Dhoni made headlines for wrong reasons and was made the scapegoat for leading Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League. It was not too long, before Captain Cool emerged triumphant and had the last laugh during the tumultuous phase. With several court ruling giving MS Dhoni the clean chit, the cricket fans heaved a sigh of relief and Indian cricket was restored to normalcy after a period of conflict and allegations. It was after these events that the Indian contingent discovered the Ice-Cool factor in Captain Cool, further projecting him as the coolest captain ever. The author Gulu Ezekiel uses the simile to express Indian youth's admiration of MS Dhoni the captain, MS Dhoni the wicket-keeper, MS Dhoni the batsman and the complete dynamic package called MS Dhoni the cricketer. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was a revelation to Indian cricket, an unknown who transcended beyond the imagination of a cricket follower to be the poster boy of the cricket world. MS Dhoni's most significant contribution to Indian cricket came as a captain guiding his troops positioning himself behind the wickets and inspiring the team acquire its full potential with quick-reflex glove work matched by very few in cricket's history. The concluding part of the biography offers Captain Cool's career statistics as a player and as a captain. There's very little to choose between the numbers representing his performance, for the star cricketer has delivered the goods consistently with the bat in hand as a player too. Also included in the book for cricket lovers is a photo archive containing rare glimpses of MS Dhoni's amazing feats and high points as a cricketer up to the point in time leading to the year 2014.

Captain Cool: The M.S. Dhoni Story by Gulu Ezekiel sends one rolling to the fence, and on the next takes a single to accumulate 5 points out of the 5 available in my points table. The book depicts in words, the nonchalant cricketer in MS Dhoni by adopting a cool calm and collected approach of articulating facts which result in a by-product with a distinguished form of writing. Captain Cool: The M.S. Dhoni Story unfolds quicker than a team with formidable batting line-up folds in testing batting conditions. Gulu Ezekiel keeps it short and simple for the readers to understand and analyze closely MS Dhoni's various shortcomings and moments of success. Further, the author emphasizes the Indian legend's contribution to Indian cricket and the sport on the whole to establish crucial leads on the impact he has had on the game and the manner in which his unique unconventional methods on cricket field have influenced his contemporaries. The cricket thesis on India's most successful captain and most prolific wicket-keeper batsman by Gulu Ezekiel claims the title of - The Complete Reference on Captain Cool in my books. MS Dhoni - the prolific game changer and the best finisher of all times also gets the nod from the author in the compilation with a segment attributed to these roles of Captain Cool.

Caution:

Ticket-collector as the run-accumulator at work ahead.

Do not take a deviation.

As an ardent cricket fan and an avid reader, if you pick the read for a read, read the pick unfailingly; for it is bound to leave you spellbound. A good read with the story unfolding cautioning us on follow-on. Have fun.

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If you are fan of M.S. Dhoni Story, and want to know everything about his cricketing career right from the beginning, this is the book you need to read, however this is not a biography. There are also stats and pictures at the end of the book. There are also quotes from Mahi, which is inspirational.

Jan 09, 2012 Ajay Venkat rated it really liked it

This was a very good book about the captain of the Indian Cricket Team. MS Dhoni has truly created a legend around himself all through his hard work. This story starts by explaining his family, and how it came to being. It goes on until the end of a very successful ODI(50 over) Tri-Series in Australia, where India, against all the odds, but Australia on their own turf, in 2 successive finals.

I like the way how the author blends in the facts with something similar to a storyline. He does this ve

I like the way how the author blends in the facts with something similar to a storyline. He does this very successfully, and it makes the book more interesting to read. I also really liked the way the author went with the flow, with some added stories about his life, something always evident in biographies in the modern era. The author just goes with the rhythm, and ends up producing a very good book. The only criticism I would have would be that the book was made too early. Instead, I feel the author should have waited a bit longer, until he enters the prime of his career, to make a subsequent book. I feel that if the author had done this, he would have written a better book. Also, in some places, there were just too many facts. Maybe how he could have improved that would have been by adding more depth to the storyline at those parts, just making it a slightly longer book.

Other than that, I think it is a very good book for any cricket-lover, and especially an MS Dhoni lover. Hence, my rating of 4/5 for this book

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This is not really a biography. It is more of stats you can find over the internet. There is not much about Dhoni and more about stats. It covers only the first four years of his career i.e. till 2008. Now 8 years later this book doesn't even make much sense unless it is revised and updated. Please avoid. If you're a Dhoni fan, it will be a huge let down at this point. This is not really a biography. It is more of stats you can find over the internet. There is not much about Dhoni and more about stats. It covers only the first four years of his career i.e. till 2008. Now 8 years later this book doesn't even make much sense unless it is revised and updated. Please avoid. If you're a Dhoni fan, it will be a huge let down at this point. ...more

Reads like an extended Wikipedia entry,give it a wide berth if you've already followed his career Reads like an extended Wikipedia entry,give it a wide berth if you've already followed his career ...more

Aug 11, 2021 Anchit rated it it was ok

It's an okay book. Somehow it didn't feel personal or involving. I read a couple of chapters and realized that I'm not absorbing anything nor feeling involved in the writing. One of the problems is of show vs tell. This book tries to tell everything and by just reading a sentence it doesn't feel anything.

For example, there's a quote from his interview where Dhoni says "I didn't care whether I was selected in the Indian team or not. I was happy to continue playing for the state". What did that me

For example, there's a quote from his interview where Dhoni says "I didn't care whether I was selected in the Indian team or not. I was happy to continue playing for the state". What did that mean? I wish the author had told a story about him starting to play in the state level games and how he felt playing there (or maybe he did but I don't remember it).

It's missing the inner workings of Dhoni. It's more like a biography that you can get on wikipedia / other online sources. Biographies are memorable when they're a little personal. That's when you feel involved. In some biographies the author shares his own life's experiences and talks about what inspired him about the character and then goes on to share the external biography of the character. Or they interview people close to the character and get personal stories / opinions. Or they interview the character himself and get a lot of details. Here that's not the case. Overall the writing wasn't good enough to keep me glued.

Though I did learn a little bit about Dhoni through this book. Like he started out as a wicket keeper and that he earlier worked as a TTC in the railways.

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Champion as seen by a true sports journalist

Gulu sees sportsmen so differently from the normal fan or follower of the game. MSD is a champion and thats very well documented, but you get a different view when a sports journalist chronicles the story of this once in a gen leader and phenomenon called MSD.

Would look forward to gulu writing a second book on MSD when he retires from cricket.

Too many match details

This book is not a biography of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It's reads more like a ball-by-ball description of almost every important match Dhoni has played. To me it became boring and I skipped many pages looking for insights into matches and Dhoni's personality. The book will be interesting for someone who tracks cricket in general and Dhoni in particular round the clock.

Too many match details

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It's a very well written book, giving a very good insight into Dhoni's cricketing career, including his early state and zonal cricket.
Having said that, there is no analysis of his game or leadership. It is a continuous post match reporting with tidbits from news interviews. It's nostalgic in the sense it's a part of the GenX,Y and millennials cricket mania and India did scale some glorious heights during that period.
So worth a travel read. Kills time in a not so boring way. It's a very well written book, giving a very good insight into Dhoni's cricketing career, including his early state and zonal cricket.
Having said that, there is no analysis of his game or leadership. It is a continuous post match reporting with tidbits from news interviews. It's nostalgic in the sense it's a part of the GenX,Y and millennials cricket mania and India did scale some glorious heights during that period.
So worth a travel read. Kills time in a not so boring way. ...more

If you are interested in MSD's statistics, refer this book or cricbuzz (book mostly refers cricbuzz). Secondly, author forgot while glorifying MSD other players and actually demonized other legends including SRT, SG, Viru etc.

Before this, I read Paddy's Barefoot Coach where he has mentioned the Cool MSD and his decisions. Moreover, it was about the strategy and planning Paddy sir and Garry sir put together. However, this book credits everything to Cool Captain.

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I was expecting a character sketch of Mahendra singh Dhoni, however, the book is only the match updates of his. I would not call this book a biography, rather it is the performance report of all the matches Dhoni played in his career.

It's only just a recollection of his cricketing career and everything else about his life that was easily in the public view all the time during his stint as the captain that he is known for. Nothing new, no narrative, not a biography. It's only just a recollection of his cricketing career and everything else about his life that was easily in the public view all the time during his stint as the captain that he is known for. Nothing new, no narrative, not a biography. ...more

The book was totally amazing and the only problem with the book was that I couldn't put the book down. The book was totally amazing and the only problem with the book was that I couldn't put the book down. ...more

It's more focused on his cricketing career .

I will prefer "The Dhoni Touch " over this one. Because it unravels the Engima of MSD. . . .

It's more focused on his cricketing career .

I will prefer "The Dhoni Touch " over this one. Because it unravels the Engima of MSD. . . .

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Captain cool and his statistics

The book is all about cricket scores and statistics

Nothing for the people who look to read about personal life.

Where was the story in this book?

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. i have not read it

There is nothing new that the author has mentioned about Dhoni in the book. However, it was refreshing to revisit the journey of a legend.

Not a book, but chronicles of Dhoni. The first part till 2008 was good, there after, it was just important matches listed one after another.

A good book but too much facts. Still, it is a good read for the young and old.

Fact fact fact... This book explained facts about dhoni in words instead of numbers. I expected more in the book than the movie but both have very little difference in explaning something new about dhoni like dressing room incidents, dhoni's mindset during finishing each match with style. But one good thing is the author completely focused on cricket unlike the movie. How he worked hard to be this icon in the cricket and unlike kohli he faced many challenges due to many senior famous Players dur Fact fact fact... This book explained facts about dhoni in words instead of numbers. I expected more in the book than the movie but both have very little difference in explaning something new about dhoni like dressing room incidents, dhoni's mindset during finishing each match with style. But one good thing is the author completely focused on cricket unlike the movie. How he worked hard to be this icon in the cricket and unlike kohli he faced many challenges due to many senior famous Players during his time. More focus could have been given on 2011 world cup. I expected atleast two chapters. But disappointed. Overall nothing new in for die hard dhoni fans just a recap or Reminder of their childhood days correlating with dhoni's rise. For other new cricket and dhoni's fans, a good book to read ...more

More a description of the matches than the life of the charismatic captain cool of the Indian cricket. He came in after a tumultuous era of captaincy by Sourav Ganguly and Rahu Dravid and took the cricketing world by storm with his big hitting abilities.

He led India with a cool head, one of the coolest heads that Indian cricket has seen so far in history, and led to them to real great victories. While statistics may not stand witness to this man the cricket fans during his time can never forget

Don't expect any personal details in this book. It is mostly about the matches he played and with almost no behind the scenes snippets. Looks like the author put together the book without much discussion with the captain and the rest of the teams.

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Nothing more that would add to ones knowledge who is a cricket fan already. However enjoyable to read as a Dhoni fan.

The book was good as I like cricket. But it was more of flooded with cricket match details and scores. The details from MSD personal life were less. Still good view of Indian cricket and lot of info on it.

Picked up this unimaginatively titled book based on the reputation of Gulu Ezekiel. However, this is a horrible book and like some reviews tend to suggest, it appears more a cut + copy + paste exercise. Do not bother your time on this !!

Just as statistical info book.

Jun 13, 2013 Anand rated it it was ok

This book was really boring. I was expecting this book to speak more about dhoni n abt him, but this book was full of figures he scored. highly disappointed

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