The former Indian captain, Rahul Dravid, has said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the best man to lead the Indian team at the moment and there is no need to replace him as captain in the near future. The performance of the Indian team hasn’t been that good in the recent times in any of the three formats of the game. Because of that, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is being criticized a lot and many former cricketers have said that this is the time for somebody else to take over the captaincy from MS Dhoni. But, Dravid doesn’t think so.

When asked whether Dhoni should be replaced as captain, Dravid said, “I don’t think it would be the best thing for Indian cricket. He has not done a bad job as a captain. Yes, we have lost a few series recently, but, there are other reasons of those defeats. Captaincy is not an issue at the moment.  He is leading the team pretty well.”

“Under his captaincy, we won the T20 world cup. Then, we went on to win the ODI World Cup after 28 years. We also became no. 1 in the tests under his captaincy. So, his leadership qualities can’t be questioned.”

“We don’t have too many options at the moment as far as the captaincy is concerned. Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag have been struggling with form since quite a while. So, it wouldn’t be sensible to hand over the captaincy to them.”

“Virat Kohli might be an option, but, he is too young at the moment. He should be groomed for a year or so and then, he should be given that role. He is a great, young talent and we shouldn’t put him under pressure by making him captain now.”

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