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Drawing parallels between investment strategy and Dhoni's batting style

The man-of-the-series in Australia no longer wields the willow the way he used to when he was younger; It is from this change in style that investors should draw lessons

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Photo: PTI

Joydeep Ghosh
A few years back, when Mahendra Singh Dhoni would be batting at the end of an innings, one would expect a flurry of shots. Inevitably, the winning stroke would be a six or four—the ‘Mahi’ way—the commentators would explode. 

The Australian one-day series was drastically different. After he scored a painstaking 51 off 80-odd balls in the first innings, commentators were quick to castigate him for the slow run rate. Two leading general papers churned out copies saying that it was a good time to blood Rishabh Pant, the second highest run-getter in the Test series.

A week later, he