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Tuesday, September 18 2007

Dhoni as Indian Captain: A disastrous decesion

After the surprising resignation of Rahul Dravid from the post of Indian cricket captain, the BCCI and the selectors seems to have just one agenda in mind. No, the agenda is not to select a good captain who should be able to lead India confidently and successfully; the first and foremost agenda is to keep Sourav Ganguly, the most successful and gutsy captain India ever had, at bay.

Rahul Dravid does not enjoy captaincy, neither does Sachin Tendulkar. The next generation of cricketers like Shewag and Yuvraj are struggling to get their places secure in the team. So what next? Appoint Dhoni, who merely played a handful of ODIs , as ODI captain. It does not matter if he his inexperienced, it does not matter if he does not have great records outside India. Nothing seems to matter as long as you can get rid of Ganguly. If Dhoni was unavailable they would not have hesitated to make Piyush Chawla the ODI captain!

Sourav Ganguly has been the most successful Indian captain. He groomed the young stars. Under his captaincy India could see eye to eye with any other teams in the world, including Australia. Great players all over the world have praised his captaincy. He has more than 11000 runs in ODI and made a fairytale comeback after being dropped from the team. Why then the BCCI does not like him? He did not have any problem with any of the existing board members in the past. His bitterest enemy Greg Chappell is no longer with the Indian team or board. Why the current board is so reluctant to choose him then? Well it is because he has a mind of his own. He can not be made to give in to the whims and fancies of board members. The board wants a ‘yes man’ and Ganguly by no means is one.

So, Indian cricket fans just brace yourselves for disastrous Pakistan and Australia series. As long as the board will be run by people with their vested interests and ego in mind, rather than the interest of Indian cricket, we the fans will not get anything better.

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