Former South African skipper Graeme Smith compared the differences between the captaincy of the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and former Indian skipper, MS Dhoni, saying the only thing Ganguky lacked was a finisher like Dhoni. World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni seems to be a better captain as compared to the current BCCI boss in a cricketing survey.

Dhoni finished narrowly ahead of Ganguly in the survey as both of them were judged on 8 parameters. During a show in Star Sports, Smith said, “The biggest difference between Dada’s captaincy and MS’s captaincy is MS, the player for me. I think in that middle order, the ability to close games, win games, finish games in that calm that he brought to the people around him. I think for me, that is probably the biggest difference between the two heroes, is MS Dhoni.”

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MS Dhoni debuted under the captaincy of Ganguly in December 2004, a year before Dada was replaced by Rahul Dravid as India’s skipper across formats.

Describing the same, Graeme Smith said, “If Dada had an MS type player, his team was slightly more developed, I think you would have seen him win plenty more trophies. Dada was blessed to play or not blessed to play in an era where Australian cricket was at the forefront and dominating the world game as well which at the time the team had won the most during that period. From my perspective, it’s always difficult to move away from an opening batsman.”

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Smith also acknowledged the fact that in the longest format, MS was slightly vulnerable as a captain, especially away and out of India. But he also went on to mention that in Test cricket, he would like to sit and watch Ganguly, while he one-day cricket, Dhoni is his favorite.