Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has praised MS Dhoni, describing him as a selfless captain. In accordance with Gambhir, Dhoni sacrificed his worldwide runs and centered extra on main India to main ICC trophies.
Gambhir has been a vocal critic of Dhoni up to now. He has usually acknowledged that one man didn’t win the World Cup for India [in 2011], referring to the latter’s 91* within the remaining towards Sri Lanka.
Nevertheless, in a latest video on Star Sports activities, the previous cricketer lauded the Indian legend for placing crew above self.
“Due to captaincy, he couldn’t obtain what he might have achieved as a batter. A variety of occasions as captain it’s important to preserve crew first. If MS was not captain, he might have batted at No 3. I’m certain he might have damaged a number of ODI information. He has received a whole lot of trophies, however individually he sacrificed his worldwide runs for trophies,” Gambhir opined.
The 41-year-old went on to explain Dhoni as the primary wicketkeeper of India who might change the sport along with his batting.
Elaborating on his ideas, Gambhir mentioned:
“Earlier, they had been keepers first and batters later, however MS was batter first after which was a wicketkeeper. It was a blessing for Indian cricket that in MS Dhoni, we obtained a wicketkeeper-batter who can win you matches from No 7, as a result of he had that energy recreation.”
Certainly one of India’s most profitable ODI batters, Dhoni scored 10773 runs in 350 matches at a median of fifty.57, with 10 lots of and 73 fifties.
“Rohit Sharma is Rohit Sharma in the present day due to MS Dhoni” – Gambhir
Throughout one other interplay on Star Sports activities, Gambhir opined that Dhoni has had a giant position to play in present Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s success.
Talking after Rohit turned the second quickest batter to attain 10000 runs in ODIs, the previous opener mentioned:
“Scoring 10,000 runs was not simple for him. Noticed many ups and downs. Having seen that section, Rohit, as a captain, will again children who undergo a troublesome interval. Rohit Sharma is Rohit Sharma in the present day due to MS Dhoni.
“MS backed him constantly in his preliminary struggling section. If he desires to go away a legacy behind, not when it comes to runs however as a captain, loads will depend upon how he backs the younger gamers. It will likely be attention-grabbing to see how he grooms the upcoming gamers,” the 41-year-old added.
Rohit led Workforce India to a 10-wicket win within the Asia Cup 2023 remaining towards Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday.