Dhoni ready for Test captaincy: Kirsten

[nikhil_99]

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's leadership qualities on Tuesday got a thumbs up from India's cricket coach Gary Kirsten who said the ODI skipper was now ready to take over the Test captaincy from Anil Kumble.

"He (Dhoni) is ready for it (Test captaincy) but there is no need to rush as of now. Anil has done an exceptional job, he is a great leader and he is toiling in many overs for India. He is prepared to do 30 overs in a day. But he is on the other side of the game.?

"MS is a great thinker. He has got fantastic skills in terms of understanding the situation. He is the best ODI batsman in the world. He plays every situation really well. He is a very good keeper as well," Kirsten told a TV channel.

http://cricket.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3437716.cms

Ya he is a good captain,cool,at times he is also proved lucky.He is No 1 batsman in ICC ratings right now,but still Kumble will be there for next 1-2 years,unless Kumble performs very badly (which won't happen),then captaincy will be given to M.S.Dhoni.

 

[metallics2006]

Why do all people call Dhoni lucky? He did not win just once or twice by fluke. He has won trophies very consistently in his stint as captain. Why dont they call him talented instead of lucky?

 

[Cricketman]

I'd stick with Kumble for now. He's earned his captaincy crown after years of toiling in marathon spells and scalping over 600 wickets and being a fantastic yet humble player to team India. He's captained well, facing extremely fierce competition in every series he's captained.

Dhoni is still young and has a long time to go yet, let Kumble have it for now.

 

[nikhil_99]

Dosent matter when India is winning and also Captain is performing well!!

 

[Leggie]

Probably an unnesecary statement by Kirsten, Everyone knows that Dhoni is good enough to be captain of the Test Side, But as Cricketman said, Kumble has deserved it. At first when I read this statement on Cricinfo, I thought Kumble was being axed. I know he had a pretty poor series against Sri Lanka but after all, he's human.

 

[nikhil_99]

Kumble has proved n number of times,he is a legend,he dosent need to prove to anybody.Just loss of 1 series dosent mean he is a not so good captain.

nikhil_99 added 13 Minutes and 40 Seconds later...

Time for Kumble to go, says Akram

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram feels that it is time for India's Test captain Anil Kumble to bow out of the game and hand over the reins to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

"I respect Anil for what he has achieved. He has done enough for India and I think it's time for him to take a bow at a time when he is still counted as one of the best," Akram was quoted as saying by Mobile ESPN.

http://cricket.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3440514.cms

But i still think he can play for next 12-18 months because
1: As he is just playing Test cricket,and not other fomrs of Cricket,so no question of Burn out,
2: Also he is performing quite well
3: That will also give more time for Dhoni to build himself for Test Captaincy.
Ultimately Test cricket is totally diffrent from other form of Cricket.

What's your opinion?

 

[Leggie]

Yeah, We just just hand all of India's Cricketing liaibilities to MS Dhoni...:

 

[SciD]

I am with Akram.

 

[shubhrayu]

I am a bit with Akram and a bit with Nikhil

 

[SciD]

He has not been peforming well. He takes wickets at 150 runs these days.

He has taken 600 wickets and cant go for Murli or Warnes record. Its better to let old bones rest.

 

[ballers101]

I think maybe they are waiting because they know that Dhoni is inexperienced he has a bad test average with 33 and has played 25 test matches, if they put Dhoni as captain it would be similar to what Pakistan did to Shoaib Malik they made him captain in all forms even though he has not that much experience in test match cricket. But I do think that Malik and Dhoni are the guys for ODIs and T20s but not Test match cricket.

 

[metallics2006]

I think Dhoni won his first and only test match as captain in some test series recently. Might have been a home match against the Proteas but I am not sure.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Let once the seniors steps down, Kirsten will know the real position this Young team

 

[.Mob]

I am with Akram.

Ditto.

 

[khalek]

I think Kumble should captain India for the Aussie test series and let Dhoni take charge after that.