29-12-2012, 04:21 PM
The Indian Cricket team
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The Indian Cricket team is not having their best time. The reports of tension between Virender Sehwag and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni made the situation worse. Everyone, be it senior or junior player, is responsible for the condition. And fingers have been raised to the captaincy of MS Dhoni as well. The same people who once hailed Dhoni as the best captain ever have started to express doubts on his captaincy. But I never thought MS Dhoni is the alltime best captain of India.
In my opinion, there is none to replace the Kolkata Prince Sourav Ganguly in that position. Dhoni might have won us World Cup. But that's not all. When Dhoni took charge, the Team India were at their best. It was the right blend of experience and young blood. Dhoni led then an already strong team onwards. But what about Ganguly? Ganguly was made captain when we were struggling both on and off the field due to the match fixing rows and all. So when Ganguly took the batton from Sachin Tendulkar, it was the dawn of a new era. Then the Indian team started to play together as a unit. They gave us some brilliant performances under him. We started to win overseas. Young talents like Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif and Zaheer Khan was nurtured by him. Ganguly was the captain who taught us to win continuously. He made then impossible things possible. The agression we see today in Team India was introduced by him. Who can forget the image of Sourav waving his jersey around after winning Natwest series against England!
Regarding tactics also, Ganguly is better than Dhoni. Dhoni is more of a gambler. Sometimes, his decisions bring results but sometimes it leads team into trouble. There's a quote that spread in social media that 'Ganguly is the best captain of Indian team whereas Dhoni is the captain of best Indian team'. That says it all. That in anyway does not mean Dhoni is not a good captain. But when comparing, Ganguly looks irreplacible.