Gautam Gambhir Believes MS Dhoni Was Lucky for India
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir thinks India’s wicketkeeper-batsman as well as former captain MS Dhoni, who successfully led Team India to two ICC World Cups victories, one ICC Champions Trophy and also took the side to the number one ranking in Test cricket, was 'very lucky' as a captain.
Gambhir believes Dhoni got the benefit of an experienced team as the hard work to make the team was done by his predecessors, most specifically current BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
"Dhoni has been a very lucky captain because he got an amazing team in every format. Captaining 2011 World Cup team was very easy for Dhoni because we had players like Sachin (Tendulkar), (Virender) Sehwag, myself, Yuvraj (Singh), Yusuf (Pathan), Virat (Kohli) so he had got the best teams," Gambhir said on Star Sports show Cricket Connected. "Ganguly had to work very hard for it, and as a result, Dhoni won so many trophies."
MS Dhoni is considered as one of the best captains of world cricket. Even under his captaincy, Team India has a quite good record in Test cricket - especially at home and it was under him only that India achieved the top rank in the ICC rankings for the very first time. However, India hardly did well away from home under his reign in the longer format of the game.
However, Gautam Gambhir believes that MS Dhoni's success in the longer format of the game came on the back of one important player who was made by none other than Ganguly - Zaheer Khan.
"The reason Dhoni became such a successful captain in Test cricket is because of Zaheer Khan. He was a big blessing that Dhoni got, for which credit goes to Ganguly. According to me, Zaheer has been India’s best world-class bowler," he concluded.
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