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'Dhoni is lucky'

PTI, Karachi
The success of Mahendra Singh Dhoni as Indian cricket captain is a combination of some skill and loads of good fortune, feels senior Pakistan batsman Younis Khan, who says it would be interesting to see how he fares once his luck runs out.
Younis, who returned with the Pakistan team from Abu Dhabi last night, said Dhoni has been very lucky as captain so far.
"But I would like to sec how he fares and handles the pressure when the luck runs out. I hat will be his real test," he said.
He stated that Dhoni had been very lucky so far in that everything he has done has turned out right.
"But in cricket one also has to be prepared to face hard situations when luck does not seem to smile on a player at all," he added.
Younis, who is Pakistan's top batsman in 21 one-day internationals this year scoring 865 runs at 54.06, also urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to give Shoaib Malik more time as captain.
"From what I have observed, Malik I learning the skills of captaincy with every match and he is a good learner," Younis said.
"I would suggest that the Pakistan board give him time and I can see Malik leading the team for the next few years without any major issues." Younis, who will return to Australia to play in their domestic circuit, said he was not interested in the captaincy anymore.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting consid-
ered Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men better suited for lwcnty20 cricket rather than Tests after their World Cup triumph in South Africa.
Recalling the success of Indian team in the TWenty20 World Cup, Ponting wrote in his book Captain's Diary 2008' that Dhoni was a "classic example of a player who could damage the opposition in the shortest version, which offers little scope for a batsman to showcase his tech nique.
Teams that are outclassed in five-day matches and even 50-over games are much more competitive in Twenry20. India offer a good example of this The shorter the format of the game the more dangerous they become," Ponting said.
"Some of their batsmen - - Yuvraj Singh and M S Dhoni are classic examples - can hurt you more in shorter games, because their is less opportunity to find ways of picking apart their techniques," he while adding that "Form in TVventy20 really doesn’t count for all that much".
Having said so, Ponting also dismissed India’s successful journey to theT20 world title, attributing it to more luck and little skills.
“ I am not as cynical about the game as I once was, but some negatives still nag at me. There is so much luck involved in this shortened form of the game; it's not always going to be the best team that wins.
"1 guess that's true of all sport but it seems to be accentuated here... Little wonder, then, that the tournament has been unpredictable, with many locals stunned that previously unbeaten South Africa was eliminated so comfortably by India, "he said.