India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni plays a shot during their first one-day international cricket match against South Africa in Kanpur, India, October 11, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The "helicopter shot" has disappeared, the boundaries are not flowing from his bat and the whisper is now growing louder that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is no more the middle-order finisher who could single-handedly get India over the line.
Even for his ardent fans, and he is still the most popular player in the cricket-mad country, it was painful to watch Dhoni struggle in Sunday's one-day series opener against South Africa.
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