NEW DELHI: Batting legends Sunil Gavaskar has termed Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the most efficient captain within the Indian Premier League historical past. Lauding CSK skipper Dhoni, Gavaskar, who performed 125 Tests and 108 ODIs for India between 1971 and 1987, mentioned “there hasn’t been a captain like him and will never be one like him in future”.
Dhoni finished 200 suits as captain of CSK within the fit towards Rajasthan Royals in Chennai on April 12, which they misplaced by means of 3 runs.
The 41-year-old former India captain was once the primary participant to succeed in the feat in IPL historical past.
“CSK know how to get out of tough situations. This has been possible only under MS Dhoni’s captaincy. Captaining 200 matches is very difficult. Captaining so many matches is a burden and it could have affected his performance as well,” Gavaskar, himself a the previous India captain mentioned.
“But Mahi is different. He is a different captain. There hasn’t been a captain like him and there will never be one like him in the future,” mentioned Gavaskar in a liberate from IPL broadcasters.
Dhoni has been a part of CSK from the start of IPL, excluding for the 2 years (2016-17) the staff was once suspended because of the involvement in their officers in unlawful actions. He led now defunct Rising Pune Supergiants within the 2016 season in 14 suits, taking his general suits as captain to 214.
Dhoni’s CSK have gained the IPL identify 4 instances. His document as CSK skipper is 120 wins, 79 losses and one no consequence until the fit towards RR on April 12.
Dhoni finished 200 suits as captain of CSK within the fit towards Rajasthan Royals in Chennai on April 12, which they misplaced by means of 3 runs.
The 41-year-old former India captain was once the primary participant to succeed in the feat in IPL historical past.
“CSK know how to get out of tough situations. This has been possible only under MS Dhoni’s captaincy. Captaining 200 matches is very difficult. Captaining so many matches is a burden and it could have affected his performance as well,” Gavaskar, himself a the previous India captain mentioned.
“But Mahi is different. He is a different captain. There hasn’t been a captain like him and there will never be one like him in the future,” mentioned Gavaskar in a liberate from IPL broadcasters.
Dhoni has been a part of CSK from the start of IPL, excluding for the 2 years (2016-17) the staff was once suspended because of the involvement in their officers in unlawful actions. He led now defunct Rising Pune Supergiants within the 2016 season in 14 suits, taking his general suits as captain to 214.
Dhoni’s CSK have gained the IPL identify 4 instances. His document as CSK skipper is 120 wins, 79 losses and one no consequence until the fit towards RR on April 12.
Gavaskar additionally praised big name batsman Virat Kohli for giving his facet Royal Challengers Bangalore a flying get started of their suits to this point this season.
“Virat Kohli is giving RCB flying starts at the start of the innings. He deserves a lot of credit for the starts RCB is getting and the runs the team is managing to post on the board because of his starts. These are good signs for RCB .”
(With inputs from PTI)