Former Indian fast bowler, Zaheer Khan said that former Indian skipper, MS Dhoni was doing similar kinds of things that his predecessor, Sourav Ganguly had done with us during his reign as the captain of the Indian team by encouraging and picking youngsters. Zaher also said that he witnessed the change during the captaincy transition.

During a recent interview with Gaurav Kapur, the veteran seamer said, “When MS got the team, he had a lot of senior players who were experienced at the international level. So he didn’t have to do much in terms of getting them up to speed. But once all those guys started retiring, when the young batch came in, he played a similar kind of role, did similar kind of things to what Dada was doing with the young lot.”

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Thanking Ganguly for pushing him in his younger years in the team, Zaheer said the initial push is very essential.

Comparing the captaincy of the both the skippers as Khan played under them t different points of time in his career, he said, “Absolutely, that’s what you need at that stage of your career (push from Ganguly). When you’re starting your careers at the international level, you need all the support you can and then it will be upto you to shape your career. But that initial support is very vital.”

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Zaheer also went on to claim that he saw the team change under the leadership. He said that both Ganguly and Dhoni have led India for a long time. However, he also said that the Indian team changed during the tenure of MS. With MS[Dhoni], I have seen that change as well. Zaheer was a part of the Dhoni-led Team India that won the 2011 World Cup.

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