Matches are won by the team, not by captain, says MS Dhoni – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, one of the most successful skippers Indian cricket has to date produced, on Tuesday reiterated that a good team makes a successful captain.
“The captain plays a role, but even if you pick a reputed captain and give him a weak side he will struggle,” said the 31-year-old wicketkeeper batsman. “If you pick the world’s ten best captains and ask them to coach Alaska and then win the next World Cup,
it will be difficult,” he added further.
The calm and cool Ranchi boy has proven captaincy credentials in all the three formats of the game, as he started his journey as Indian skipper with a World T20 champ title in 2007, followed by India’s climb to the top of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test rankings. The latest
fangled feather the wicketkeeper batsman added to his memorable cap is being the 50-overs World Cup winning captain, after leading the side to World Champ title at home, in April last year. He is the only second Indian, after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kapil-Dev-c70234, to win the coveted
trophy for the country.
However, Dhoni’s captaincy came under scanner after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, where the men in blue not only faced humiliating 4-0 Test series whitewashes, but also faltered miserably
in the limited-overs assignments.
However, Dhoni said it is unfair to credit the skipper alone for a triumph or a defeat, insisting that the captain only channelizes the resources at hand.
“As I have always said, the captain channelizes the resources but at the end of the day matches are won with the bat and ball and with partnerships. I think individually how you react to that depends on the individual. But if you don’t have a good team,
it’s very difficult to be successful."
Dhoni also proved himself an astute captain in the domestic circuit, by leading Indian Premier League franchise, Chennai Super Kings to back-to-back IPL titles (2010 and 2011). He narrowly missed the hat trick of IPL titles, after losing to Kolkata Knight
Riders in this year’s IPL final.
To date, Dhoni has led India in 37 Tests winning 17 and losing 10. Eight of the ten defeats India faced under the Ranchi boy have come in the last two away Test series, against England and Australia. In ODI’s Dhoni has guided the Men in Blue to 69 wins,
in total 122 games he played as skipper.
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