New Delhi: Critical of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s rotation policy, former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly says time has come for the selectors to appoint different cricket captains for the three formats of game.
“Time has come for the selectors to decide three captains for three formats. At the moment there is too much cricket, too many formats,” Ganguly said.
Ganguly also reacted sharply to Dhoni’s recent comment that senior players such as Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag are being rotated to ensure good fielding standards.
“You will never get a team where all the 11 are outstanding fielders. Even Australia don’t have 11 outstanding fielders. Fielding is very very important but it is also about scoring runs in very very tough conditions”, he told ‘Headlines Today’
“And I feel Dhoni has to balance that. He just can’t jump and say these guys can’t field so they are being rotated. If a guy who can field averages 15 on the tour, what sense does it make? We have to find a way to balance players and make a team,” he reasoned.
Ganguly said Dhoni also has to stop backing players for too long if they don’t give results.
“I agree that every captain will feel that this player is more talented than the other. That’s going to happen in future again. The point is he is too stuck on someone for too long because of his mindset,” he said.
Ganguly said that Tendulkar needs to “ask himself whether he is good enough to play ODI cricket day in and day out” as the senior batsman has scored only 90 runs in five ODIs so far.
Ganguly also added that “Sachin needs to ask himself whether he can play in 2015 World Cup.”
The former India captain also felt that Tendulkar’s decision to pick and choose ODI tournaments is affecting the team’s rhythm.”Because it affects everyone’s form if Tendulkar keeps coming in and going out of one-day tournaments.” (PTI)