“He sacrificed his international runs for trophies”

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has praised MS Dhoni, describing him as a selfless captain. According to Gambhir, Dhoni sacrificed his international runs and targeted extra on main India to main ICC trophies.

Gambhir has been a vocal critic of Dhoni up to now. He has typically acknowledged that one man didn’t win the World Cup for India [in 2011], referring to the latter’s 91* within the closing in opposition to Sri Lanka. However, in a current video on Star Sports, the previous cricketer lauded the Indian legend for placing crew above self.

“Because of captaincy, he couldn’t achieve what he could have achieved as a batter. A lot of times as captain you have to keep team first. If MS was not captain, he could have batted at No 3. I am sure he could have broken several ODI records. He has won a lot of trophies, but individually he sacrificed his international runs for trophies,” Gambhir opined.

The 41-year-old went on to explain Dhoni as the primary wicketkeeper of India who may change the sport with his batting. Elaborating on his ideas, Gambhir mentioned:

“Earlier, they were keepers first and batters later, but MS was batter first and then was a wicketkeeper. It was a blessing for Indian cricket that in MS Dhoni, we got a wicketkeeper-batter who can win you matches from No 7, because he had that power game.”

One of India’s most profitable ODI batters, Dhoni scored 10773 runs in 350 matches at a mean of fifty.57, with 10 lots of and 73 fifties.

“Rohit Sharma is Rohit Sharma today because of MS Dhoni” – Gambhir

During one other interplay on Star Sports, Gambhir opined that Dhoni has had an enormous position to play in present Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s success. Speaking after Rohit grew to become the second quickest batter to attain 10000 runs in ODIs, the previous opener mentioned:

“Scoring 10,000 runs was not straightforward for him. Saw many ups and downs. Having seen that part, Rohit, as a captain, will again children who undergo a tough interval. Rohit Sharma is Rohit Sharma right now due to MS Dhoni.

“MS backed him repeatedly in his preliminary struggling part. If he needs to go away a legacy behind, not when it comes to runs however as a captain, rather a lot will depend upon how he backs the younger gamers. It shall be attention-grabbing to see how he grooms the upcoming gamers,” the 41-year-old added.

Rohit led Team India to a 10-wicket win within the Asia Cup 2023 closing in opposition to Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday, September 17.