Aug 20, 2024
MS Dhoni captained Team India for a long time. He started his captaincy career in the 2007 T20 World Cup. His success in the WC saw the selectors bestowing him with the ODI and Test captaincy by the end of 2008.
MS Dhoni enjoyed huge success as India's captain. The Men in Blue won the 2007 T20 and 2011 ODI World Cups under him. They also won the 2013 Champions Trophy under his leadership.
Team India also climbed to the number 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings for the first time under MS Dhoni's leadership only. Dhon enjoyed success as captain in all formats.
MS Dhoni backed many players while he also took some bold calls and dropped several players. Here, we have a look at 3 Indian legends who captain MS Dhoni dropped.
Virender Sehwag is probably the biggest Indian legend who MS Dhoni dropped. Sehwag became an irregular member of Team India after 2011. He led India in the home series against West Indies but was dropped during the very next ODI series.
Virender Sehwag lost his spot during the home series against Pakistan in 2012/13 and got dropped for the England series that followed. He couldn't make his ODI comeback after that as Rohit Sharma cemented his spot at the top.
Harbhajan Singh was another Indian legend who became an irregular member of Team India across all three formats after the 2011 World Cup. MS Dhoni backed R Ashwin and he became a regular in all three formats by the end of 2011.
Harbhajan Singh did make few comebacks but couldn't hold on to his spot. He remained on the bench in the 2016 T20 World Cup and was dropped after the ICC event. He retired from international cricket in 2021.
Gautam Gambhir was the star of India's 2011 World Cup title win but he didn't get the backing he deserved while he was struggling with the bat. He lost the ODI team's vice-captaincy to Virat Kohli for the 2012 Asia Cup.
Gautam Gambhir was dropped from the ODI team after the series against England early in 2013. He wasn't backed in Test cricket too. Gambhir made his Test comeback in 2016 under Virat Kohli's captaincy.
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