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Kapil Dev, Azharuddin, Ganguly or MS Dhoni
I don't know about first 2 apart from Kapil winning WC 83 but definitely think that Ganguly deserves more credit and also some credit for Dhoni's success. Dhoni was handed 3-4 ATG batsmen, Bhajji and a one of India's greatest ever pacers (Zaheer) and his job mostly included man management at the most. He was also lucky that all the senior players were content with their careers as far as aspiration for captaincy was concerned so there were no intrigues or conspiracies going around either which would have made the job much harder for him.
Ganguly on the other hand took the job after the fallout from the match fixing scandal. India were down for the count but he made them rise and they became a competitive unit again. Also for the first time they started challenging abroad And wouldn't just lay down like lambs for the slaughter on away tours. A lot of great players also became regulars under him and made their reputation. For me he developed a lot of players who served India for many years as opposed to Dhoni.
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I don't know about first 2 apart from Kapil winning WC 83 but definitely think that Ganguly deserves more credit and also some credit for Dhoni's success. Dhoni was handed 3-4 ATG batsmen, Bhajji and a one of India's greatest ever pacers (Zaheer) and his job mostly included man management at the most. He was also lucky that all the senior players were content with their careers as far as aspiration for captaincy was concerned so there were no intrigues or conspiracies going around either which would have made the job much harder for him.
Ganguly on the other hand took the job after the fallout from the match fixing scandal. India were down for the count but he made them rise and they became a competitive unit again. Also for the first time they started challenging abroad And wouldn't just lay down like lambs for the slaughter on away tours. A lot of great players also became regulars under him and made their reputation. For me he developed a lot of players who served India for many years as opposed to Dhoni.
Mods please add poll
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