Sachin Tendulkar reveals why he recommended MS Dhoni as future India captain

MS
Dhoni
made
his
captaincy
debut
in
the
inaugural
T20
World
Cup
in
South
Africa
in
2007.
He
started
his
journey
there
and
then
became
the
most
successful
captain
for
India
in
history
with
3
ICC
Trophies.

But
it
was
Sachin
Tendulkar
who
made
Dhoni’s
escalation
to
the
throne
smooth.
In
the
2007
T20
World
Cup,
Tendulkar
along
with
Sourav
Ganguly
and
Rahul
Dravid
decided
not
to
play
in
the
tournament
to
give
chances
to
the
youngsters.

And
the
Indian
legend
was
asked
by
the
BCCI
for
a
suitable
captaincy
recommendation,
where
he
had
glowing
remarks
on
MS
Dhoni.

“This
was
in
England
when
I
was
offered
captaincy.
I
said
we
have
a
very
good
leader
in
the
team
who
was
still
a
junior,
and
he
is
someone
you
should
look
at
closely.
I
have
had
a
lot
of
conversations
with
him,
more
so
on
the
field
where
I
would
be
fielding
at
first
slip
and
asked
him,
what
do
you
think?
Though
Rahul
was
the
captain
but
I
would
ask
him
and
the
feedback
I
received
was
very
balanced,
calm,
yet
very
much
matured,”
Tendulkar
revealed
in
an
Infosys
event.

“Good
captaincy
is
about
being
a
step
ahead
of
opposition.
If
one
is
smart
enough
to
do
that,
like
we
say,
josh
se
nahi,
hosh
se
khelo
(play
sensibly
instead
of
getting
carried
away).
It
doesn’t
happen
instantly,
you
won’t
get
10
wickets
in
10
balls.
You
have
to
plan
it.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
the
scoreboard
matters.
And
I
saw
those
qualities
in
him.
Hence,
I
recommended
his
name,” the
great
man
added.

MS
Dhoni
led
India
to
the
T20
World
Cup
glory
in
2007
and
then
subsequently
won
the
ICC
ODI
World
Cup
four
years
later
on
home
soil.
He
also
won
the
ICC
Champions
Trophy
in
2013,
thus
becoming
the
only
captain
to
win
all
ICC
tournaments.

Dhoni
took
over
the
reins
after
a
dismal
period
of
Indian
cricket
after
their
shock
exit
from
the
first
round
in
the
2007
ICC
ODI
World
Cup.
He
made
the
team
his
own
and
reached
the
zenith
of
all
captaincy
achievements,
especially
in
the
white
ball
cricket.