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Former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has named Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni as greatest captains in Check and white-ball codecs respectively. Kohli had led India in 68 Exams and guided them to 40 wins with 11 attracts and 17 losses. He’s nonetheless essentially the most profitable captain of the format for India with a 58.82 win share in his tenure. Beneath his management, India maintained the highest spot within the ICC Check rankings for a file 42 months. However, Dhoni donned the captain’s hat in 200 ODIs from 2007 to 2018 and led the facet to 110 victories together with the World Cup title in 2011. He had a file 55 per cent win file within the format, surpassing Mohammad Azharuddin’s file of 51.72 win share.
The cricketer-turned-commentator went on to heap reward on Kohli’s on-field attacking mindset, discovering it much like the nice Vivian Richards.
“Kohli’s attacking perspective is one thing that he himself enjoys and celebrates. You need to present your feelings. You should not be like a machine on the bottom. You need to have an perspective like Sir Vivian Richards who would intimidate bowlers along with his eyes. Kohli’s attacking perspective and Dhoni’s calm manner. For me, the purple ball greatest captain is Virat and the white ball is MS Dhoni,” stated Sivaramakrishnan on Sony Sport’s Tamil Cricket Podcast – Cricket Petta.
The veteran spinner named Sunil Gavaskar as the perfect captain of his enjoying days whereas calling 1983 World Cup-winner Kapil Dev as an instinctive chief.
“Sunil Gavaskar was the perfect captain, I performed underneath. He was superb with technique and analytical in strategy. Kapil Dev was a really instinctive captain. He’ll go along with his intestine intuition. He gave an additional over to Madan Lal in 1983, that is instinctive captaincy,” stated Sivaramakrishnan on Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev captaincy.
“With Sunil Gavaskar, you may ask for something however it’s important to justify it, why you need to do it. When you try this he offers you the liberty to set your fields and plan your assault. Venkataraghavan was additionally a superb captain, he was fantastic as captain,” he added.
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