India has produced a number of good leaders in the last decade in the form of MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma among others.
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Team India tasted huge success under Dhoni’s captaincy, winning the 2007 World T20, 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy. The veteran wicketkeeper also led the team to pinnacle in Test cricket.
Subsequently, Virat took over and India’s progress graph improved across all three formats, especially in the longest format.
With Kohli occasionally taking resting to manage the workload, Rohit has also got the opportunity to lead the side and he scripted multi-nation tournament triumphs such as Nidahas Trophy and Asia Cup. Moreover, Sharma has captained Mumbai Indians (MI) to record four IPL titles.
On Sunday (May 3), former India chief selector MSK Prasad shared his thoughts on Dhoni, Kohli and Rohit’s captaincy and pointed out the differences in their styles.
Speaking during an online live video session, Prasad said: "If you look at fundamental styles, leadership has got so many different styles. These three (Dhoni, Kohli, Rohit) are three different guys and I am sure all three are equally good."
"They are three guys who have three different styles. Mahi is absolutely cool, you never know what is there in his mind until it is executed, he's very very cool, and very very accommodative whereas Virat is pretty clear. He's at you all the time, he's very clear in his mind what he wants.
"If you are talking about Rohit, he's more of an accommodative sort of a guy. He definitely has that empathy towards other players and he thinks from their hats," he elaborated.
Prasad also spoke about Dhoni's future with Team India. It has been over nine months since Dhoni last played any form of competitive cricket. The World Cup 2019 semi-final against New Zealand at Old Trafford was his last appearance in Team India colours.
In a bid to stake claim for a place in the national squad for T20 World Cup, Dhoni was set to lead Chennai Super Kings (CSK) during the 13th edition of IPL but the COVID-19 outbreak forced the BCCI to suspend the cash-rich event last month.
"We had a discussion and Mahi (Dhoni) didn't want to play for some time. So we moved on and picked Rishabh Pant and we have been backing him. Now KL (Rahul) has also done extremely well in the matches that he played in New Zealand," Prasad said.
"So it would have been nice if the IPL was being played and we would have seen old glimpses of Mahi but now it's a very tricky situation," he added.
(With IANS inputs)
