Mahendra Singh Dhoni does not come across as a man who lays too much store by Fate but if he did, he could be forgiven for thinking that he's just not destined to captain India to a series win outside the subcontinent any more. His fledgling team came close in both South Africa and New Zealand but could not land the final blows. In England this summer, he's gone against habit and picked five bowlers (though not always the right ones) in three of the four games so far, coaxed a matchwinning performance out of a perennially underperforming pacer, scored the most runs he's ever done in an overseas series , and taken the lead. And yet he now founds his side down 1-2 after successive thrashings and the wheels are starting to fall off everywhere. His record as captain outside the subcontinent is still comparable to most Indian captains of the past (with the exception of Dravid whose W/L ratio is way ahead of everyone else). Dhoni is a proud man though and he will want to impro