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Captaincy myth
by Suman Bhat on Apr 01, 2007 12:16 PM   Permalink

Ganguly -5 yrs
Team won 76 odis out of 147 matches when ganguly was captain

out of 147 matches India won 76 (51.70%) lost 66 (44.90%) Tie or no results 5(3.40%) won 74 (50.34%)

But Saurav captained 34 ODI against minnows Bangla Desh Zimbabwe Namibia Kenya Netherlands Canada etc%
ganguly had advantage of leading team for lenghthier period and Nos of matches are more

Dravid %u2013 16 months
Team won 33 odis out of 65 ( including this WC matches) when Dravid was captian

India won 33 (50.77%) lost 28 (43.08%)no result/ tie 4 (6.15%)

But Dravid captained ot 65 matches captained only two ODI against minnows i.e. Bangladesh and Bermuda
and odi winning average differen very just 1% when compared dravids 's 16 months captaincy with ganguly's 5yrs success.
even one win would have taken team to S.legue and there was no change in captaincy
early exit from WC meanc to prove dravid not good captain and ganguly%u2019s recored did not harm.
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Back stage politics who names are forefront in captaincy race???
Reasons why Dravid should stay captain

http://www.hindustantimes.in/htcricket/74_1959563.htm

Who is responsible for India's defeat?
While just two per cent blamed the BCCI, eight per cent blamed Rahul Dravid, five per cent Greg Chappell with an overwhelming majority
of 85 per cent blaming the entire team for the poor show
Retain Dravid as captain, Sachin should quit ODIs
Should Rahul Dravid be replaced as the captain of the Indian team?
And the answer was in the negative with 86 per cent saying he should not be removed with only nine per cent saying that he should be replaced.
The rest five per cent did not have any opinion.
http://www.cricketnext.com/news/retain-dravid-as-captain-sachin-should-quit-odis/24099-13-2.html
ODIs, Dravid is again on par with India's best despite the team losing its way in the later
half of 2006, and then in the World Cup.
Indian captains in ODIs

Names       Matches       Won       Lost       Drawn/Tied       Won%
Kapil Dev       74       40      32       2       54.05%
M Azharuddin       173       89       76       6/2       51.45%
SR Tendulkar        73       23       43       6/1       31.51%
SC Ganguly       146      76      65 &nbs p;    5      52.05%
R Dravid        65      33       28       4       50.77%
http://www.hindustantimes.in/htcricket/74_1959563.htm

sunil gavaskar, kapildev, A gaikwad, GR vishwanath, have supported dravid continue as capatian



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