5 cricketers who disappointed in 2016

#1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni - ODIs and T20Is

He decided to quit the longest format on his own terms - but it doesn’t seem to be paying rich dividends as far as his form in the other two format is concerned. He looked rusty with the bat throughout the year, unable to connect the ball as cleanly as he is known to.

Even last over heroics seemed to have dried: the inability to finish matches in Australia, Zimbabwe and West Indies dented his reputation of being the game’s best finisher. His catching has also taken a beating, although his stumpings and run-outs have been as sharp as ever (the run-out against Bangladesh in the World T20 will be remembered for years).

As a batsman, Dhoni might want to loosen himself. The stress of anchoring the middle order might be taking a toll on his form. Going up the order might be one of the solutions.

One fifty in 13 ODIs in 2016, average of 27.80: Dhoni can surely do a lot better.

We do miss all of this: