Virat Kohli does not need us, we need him: Bumrah
Bumrah, however, stressed that Kohli knows his cricket better than anyone else and that his experience of batting in these challenging conditions was essential from the team’s perspective.
In a recent interview, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has stated that the Indian Cricket team will need to make peace with the fact that MS Dhoni will not be around in the team’s dressing room for long.
MS Dhoni is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers that limited-overs cricket has ever seen. However, at this stage of his career, Ganguly said that MS should try and evaluate where he stands and then take a call accordingly.
“Indian cricket will have to get used to the fact that MS Dhoni won’t be playing forever and he won’t be around for too long. But I believe this decision has to be taken by Dhoni himself,” Ganguly said while talking to India Today.
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“Every big player has to hang up his shoes. That’s sports. Look in football, Maradona had to quit. There hasn’t been a bigger player than him. Tendulkar, Lara, Bradman… everyone had to quit. This is the way the system has been and will be. So this scenario will come for MS as well,” he added.
Notably, MS Dhoni as captain had built the team for the 2011 ICC World Cup and took some bold decisions, like not picking up the players who were well past their prime, like Ganguly himself. However, current skipper Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri have not spoken much about Dhoni’s retirement and have extended their support to him.
“He is at that stage of his career where he has to evaluate where he stands. He has to decide if he can win matches for India… if he can continue to contribute like Dhoni, not someone else.
“Because with players like Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, till they play, there will be expectations that they will win matches. I think Dhoni has to make this decision. Only a player knows how much fuel is left in the tank and how much of his match-winning ability is intact,” he concluded.
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