Former Indian cricket group opener Gautam Gambhir believes that captaincy doesn’t have any important affect on a participant’s batting and he namedropped a lot of former India skippers to drive his level house. In a latest interplay with Sportskeeda, Gambhir talked about MS Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly to indicate that regardless of being exceptionally profitable captains, their sport was not affected by the added obligations. He additionally named captains like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in his argument.

“I do not suppose being a captain impacts a batter’s sport. There have been many captains who’ve given nice performances whereas being captains. It is in regards to the particular person mindset. MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, and Anil Kumble have carried out nicely. Equally, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have executed it too,” he mentioned.

Gambhir himself captained India for a quick tenure and even gained the Indian Premier League (IPL) title with Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012 and 2014. Gambhir defined {that a} participant is chosen on the premise of his batting and bowling expertise with captaincy being solely an added accountability for a cricketer.

“When a captain steps out to bat, his main job is to attain runs. You might be chosen within the group as a batter or a bowler; captaincy is a further accountability given to you. Whereas batting, if you are going to suppose that I’m the captain, the ball or the bat does not know that you’re the captain. You’re a batter when you could have the bat in your hand and a bowler when you could have the ball. You turn out to be the captain whenever you get out or full your over,” he additional added.