Senior players retirement could
put Dhoni at high defy
put Dhoni at high defy

Previous captain Sourav Ganguly told MS Dhoni would aspect an dispute later the retreat of the elder players."Dhonis greatest dispute will be in the coming one or 2 yrs while Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman retreat. Next year, we have almost 5 aside series and it will be a exam of his captainship and his players. His future as Indian captain will be ascertained," Ganguly said an TV channel.

 

Terming Dhoni as the most complete one-day batsman, Ganguly told, "The skipper should bat above the order besides down at 5 or 6."

 

But then, Dhoni should catch arriving at 'immature' statements and concentrate on getting the best out of the side, he said.

 

Referring to Dhoni's statement of 'de trop of cricket' after the debacle in the World Twenty20, Ganguly said: "Dhoni is a mature cricketer but sometimes he makes immature comments. If they will not play, somebody else will accord.

 

This is the time to play."

 

India's performance in the Test format, he told, was good, but when it bore on the shorter version it was dwindling because of the inconsistency from the young bunch.

 

"Yuvraj Singh has many ups and downs despite playing for so long. Virender Sehwag too is inconsistent when it concerns one-days, while the youngsters Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan and Rohit Sharma are short of expectations.

 

"They were termed as the future, but they're yet to perform at the highest level and blossom. There's been a big gap fears are not getting the combination right," he said about India's recent debacles especially in the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 and World Twenty20 this year.

 

Referring to his team's memorable triumphs in Pakistan, England and the West Indies, Ganguly told "Those were the performances that mattered the most for us. Performance is 40 percentage captaincy and 60 per cent player's contribution."

 

Ganguly held that selectors should pick the side on basis of performance, but not on age.

 

"It's Sachin Tendulkar who's still your best, while for the Aussies it's Ricky Ponting who's still taking the team through. And, remember Laxman's contribution in saving the series in Sri Lanka," Ganguly told.