Dhoni in no hurry to replace Kumble
Posted on Sep 22, 2008 at 07:59 | Updated Sep 22, 2008 at 19:38
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New Delhi: Indian one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come out in support of Test skipper Anil Kumble amid talks of the Test captaincy be also handed over to the ICC's ODI Player of the Year.
In Vadodara for the Irani Cup tie between Ranji champions Delhi and Rest of India, Dhoni revealed that he was pleased to be playing under the veteran leg-spinner and gave a thumbs up to his captaincy.
"I'm too privileged to be playing under someone as great and modest as Anil Kumble... He commands the respect of his team," Dhoni was quoted as saying by The Times of India on Monday.
The captaincy debate has been raging on ever since India's shoddy performance in the three-Test series in Sri Lanka which they lost 1-2, while a much younger side reversed the result in the one-day series that followed.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly has since been left out of the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup, while former cricketers and experts have called for the explosive wicketkeeper-batsman be made the Test skipper as well.
But Dhoni refused to be drawn into the debate, and said, "I've never given too much thought about these things... I'm just too happy to be playing for the country and enjoying every moment."
Dhoni thinks it was luck that played a major role in getting him to play for India. "I never thought I would play for India but I did. I never dreamt of leading the country but I did," he said.
The ODI captain shrugged off all speculation and maintained that he was looking forward to playing Australia on home soil.
"The important thing is to understand is that we have a tough series coming up against the best side in the world, so we need to focus on energies like that," he added.
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Posted By Anthony
What is Dhoni but a small blip in the Indian Cricket universe. After 50 years, people will speak of Dravid,
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Posted By Alkesh
I think you do not have any knowledge of cricket. Your comment for dhoni is nothing but pure jealousy..Grow up
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Posted By crickethits.com
Dhoni is such a magnanimous person; giving up something which is yet to be his:)
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Posted By RAJESH S
good
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Posted By madhusudan
some will praise mahi for this answer but what else would dhoni could have said ? can anyone say like
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