Showing posts with label Captain of Indian Team. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Captain of Indian Team. Show all posts

September 19, 2007

India vs Australia ODI Series: MS Dhoni, The Captain of Indian Team for Home Series

India vs Australia ODI Series: MS Dhoni will be the Captain of Indian Team

Who will be the next captain of Indian Team during the India vs Australia ODI series? After returning form England tour India Captain Rahul Dravid announced on September 14 that he did not agree to lead Indian team. As cause he showed that it hampered to his batting concentration. Now BCCI has decided that MS Dhoni will lead the India team during the India-Australia upcoming ODI series.

Zeecric reported:

BCCI on Tuesday announced that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will succeed Rahul Dravid as the captain in the forthcoming ODI home series against Australia beginning September 29. Team India meanwhile will get a separate skipper for Tests.Though reports suggest that Tendulakar will lead in the longer version, the decision is still kept in abeyance.

Dhoni, who is 26 years old and hails from Jharkhand, will lead only 3 ODIs against Australia to begin with. A decision to whether his term as skipper will be extended will be taken only after the Australia series. Yuvraj Singh will be the Vice-Captain of the team. India is to take on Pakistan after meeting the Oz challenge.

The announcement came at CCI meet in Mumbai. The five selectors, with former captain Dilip Vengsarkar at the helm, took the decision among others.

MS Dhoni is not bad for leading India team during the ODI series against Australia because he is doing well on the Twenty20 world cup Championship. Dear fans you have to wait what will he do? Will he appropriate for the next captaincy of Indian Team?

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