Gutsy previous India opener Gautam Gambhir has called MS Dhoni a skipper who was "fortunate" as he had the best group on the planet during his captaincy. The cricketer-turned-lawmaker said that the credit for MS Dhoni's prosperity as the Test commander ought to exclusively go to Zaheer Khan, who is the second-most elevated wicket-taker for India in the longest arrangement after incredible Kapil Dev with regards to pacers.
Gautam Gambhir included that MS Dhoni was honored to have Zaheer Khan, India's best world-class bowler, as per the previous Delhi batsman. Gambhir figured that previous India commander Sourav Ganguly ought to be given acknowledgment for bringing a player like Zaheer Khan in the crew.
"The explanation Dhoni turned out to be such an effective skipper in test cricket is a direct result of Zaheer Khan. He was a major gift that Dhoni got, for which credit goes to Ganguly. As indicated by me Zaheer has been India's best world class bowler. Dhoni has been an extremely fortunate chief since he got an astonishing group in each arrangement," Gautam Gambhir said on Star Sports show 'Cricket Connected'.
Prominently, Zaheer Khan scalped 311 wickets in his just about 14-year-long Test profession. Zaheer took greatest, 116 wickets under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, while under the rein of Sourav Ganguly he scalped 102 wickets. Zaheer Khan, found the middle value of 30.62 with the ball while playing under the administration of Dhoni. Then again, while playing for Ganguly, Zaheer had a bowling normal of 35.98. Zaheer Khan made his Test debut under the initiative of Sourav Ganguly and it's a given that he honed his aptitudes under his shadow.
Further, Gautam Gambhir said that captaining the 2011 World Cup-winning Indian side for MS Dhoni was not troublesome as players like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Munaf Patel, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan and Virat Kohli were there in the group. He again stated his point that Sourav Ganguly needed to fabricate a group from the remains while "fortunate commander" MS Dhoni got a readymade group served on his plate and in this way won numerous trophies.
"Captaining 2011 World Cup group was simple for Dhoni in light of the fact that we had players like Sachin, Sehwag, Myself, Yuvraj, Yusuf, Virat, so he had got the best groups, while Ganguly needed to buckle down for it, and thus Dhoni won such a large number of trophies," Gautam Gambhir finished up.
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