Every one is loving to take a shot on BCCI for appointing Dhoni as Captain of Indian Cricket Team. I wont interrupt their fun. But from what I have analysed, once Dravid resigned from captaincy, there was hardly any other feasible choice left. Had BCCI sacked Dravid and replaced him by Dhoni, the decision wud had been questionable, but here it was Dravid who himself opted out. After that,whatever we may think, there was not really much choice. Tendulkar had, over the years, repeatedly refused the post, and by his own statement,he is no more interested in playing all one days. Under any case BCCI wud had been labelled pro-maratha if he was selected. Ganguly, on other hand, is batting beautifully, and captaincy might have spoilt that again-a greater loss to team than expected gain. Yuvi, a prospective captian, has been a disappointing failure, both on and off the field, consiering the time and opportunity he got. Sehwag and Kaif, two more of potential stalwarts, fail to find even a place in the team. So what was the choice B? After all BCCI had to select a captain and Dhoni is first among equals in the meager no. of options left. True, he is inexperienced, he is imperfect, he does lack technique, but he is still better than powar, uththappa, gambhir, and chopra in experience atleast. We all know, the fate of next series will depend not on his captaincy but on forms of Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid. So..Cool down chaps!
RE:What was the Option B?
by Sarath Chandra on Sep 19, 2007 12:22 AM Permalink
I think you read the situation well.
Also I thought another reason for Dravid stepping down, may have been his analysis that we need somebody to score big in the coming months against Pak and Australia. I don't think it is possible for us to bowl out Australia for under 500 consistently, so we have to score over 500 consistently. With no top order batsman looking likely to score 150s in the current set up (including Tendulkar, Ganguly, and Dravid (with captaincy pressures)), I think Dravid took it upon himself to perform the job of scoring big (150s and 200s), which he is more likely to do without the captaincy pressures. There are surely a lot of other factors in his resigning the captaincy, but this is one of the first advantages that happened to flash through my mind. Just a thought.
