Dhoni take rest it's good time

Mumbai: India's seemingly never-ending tour of England is about to end and some of the exhausted players like Praveen Kumar can expect a bit of relief. However, skipper MS Dhoni - the one player who needs it the most - isn't that lucky. He will lead Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League Twenty20 next Saturday.

All through the tour of UK, observers have opined that Dhoni was struggling with his glovework because of his hurt/sore fingers. In an ideal world, Dhoni would have loved a rest of at least two weeks after a strenuous tour. Unfortunately, that's not to be.
Former India wicketkeeper Kiran More and chief selector, who picked Dhoni in the national squad after watching him in action during a Deodhar Trophy game in Bhubaneswar in 2003, and later the Duleep Trophy final in 2004, is concerned.
"I think BCCI should take a call on this. Someone like Shashank Manohar (outgoing President) and K Srikkanth (chief selector) must take a call on Dhoni's behalf as he is in a catch-22 situation.ECB has a central contract policy and you don't see their players being exhausted by too much cricket," he said
"It is impractical to think that Dhoni will ask for a break, or that BCCI or selectors will spare him, in the Indian team's interest.
Karim argues that the core issue is not about the injuries of Dhoni or Tendulkar, but the larger interest of Indian cricket. He signed off while suggesting that perhaps the time has come for Dhoni to give up India's T20 captaincy.
The idea may strike many.
Dhoni's workload since World Cup
- 16 T20 matches for CSK in IPL Season-4
- Three Tests in West Indies
- Four Tests in England
- Two first-class matches in England, few List A games
- One-off T20I in England
- Five ODIs in England
What's to follow?
- CLT20 (minimum four matches + possibly two)
- England's tour of India -- five ODIs, one T20I
- West Indies tour of India -- three Tests, five ODIs
- Tour of Australia -- four Tests, two T20Is, eight ODIs
- India vs Pakistan -- three Tests, five ODIs, one T20I
- Indian Premier League 2012
MSD pulled out of:
- 2008 Test series vs Sri Lanka (wasn't skipper then)
- 2010 triangular series in Zimbabwe (Zim, Ind, SL)
- 5-match ODI series vs New Zealand in 2010
- Limited-overs leg of West Indies tour (post IPL)