Cricket veterans blamed Dhoni's unimaginative and stubborn leadership for India's loss in the grudge series wherein the hosts were expected to avenge their whitewash in England last year.
After India's 1-2 loss, former legends have openly called for Dhoni's sacking.
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar has called for Dhoni's head as he wants to see Virat Kohli as the new captain. He feels that Kohli has made a strong case for captaincy after his crucial knock of 100 in the Nagpur Test.
Former chief national selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth also openly slammed Dhoni and said that he should be sacked as Test captain after his stale performances.
The attacks by Gavaskar and Srikkanth come after some other former greats, including Mohinder Amarnath and Bishan Singh Bedi, openly expressed their views against Dhoni.
Dhoni's 7 blunders
Dhoni has been under fire for committing seven cardinal blunders in the series that saw India shamed.
Ahead of the series Dhoni underestimated the English spinners and had expected to bamboozle the visitors with spin, but it were the Indians who were caught up in the spin web.
The skipper then under bowled the experienced Harbhajan Singh in the Mumbai Test, despite including him as an extra spinner.
Dhoni won the tosses in Mumbai and Kolkata, but failed to make it count.
Going by his remarks over pitches, the Indian skipper was pre-occupied with getting rank turners than putting his house in order.
He again missed a trick by not including a second pacer for the Nagpur Test. Moreover, the advantage of fourth morning was needlessly wasted as India delayed in declaring their innings.
To make things worse, Dhoni remained strangely defensive all through the series and let the visitors off the hook.
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