Double dealing ‘young guns’

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Double dealing ‘young guns’

India’s ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni may claim that he has enormous amount of respect for senior players Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, but what he speaks about them in selection meetings is completely diverse. He is quite a shrewd character.

The wicketkeeper batsman has been livid with Ganguly’s approach for a while now. Last year, for instance, after India narrowly lost to Australia in the Nagpur ODI, Dhoni and even his buddy deputy Yuvraj Singh rushed to the selectors, requesting them to get rid of the Bengal batsman.

The duo at the helm of India’s ODI set-up labelled Ganguly 'selfish' for the way he batted in that game. Shocking, isn’t it!

That stuck in the selectors' minds and the next time they met Dravid lost his place. Then Ganguly was next on the chopping block. Dhoni is surely out to get the team he wants!