Former West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard has hailed MS Dhoni as the best cricket captain. The former India captain is indeed one of the most decorated captains of all time. He led India across all three formats for close to a decade.
MS Dhoni showed his leadership qualities very early in his career when he led India to glory in the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007.
MS Dhoni one of the stalwarts of Indian cricket
He soon became India’s captain in all three formats and went on to create his own legacy. Under his captaincy, India reached the number one ICC ranking in Test cricket for the first time.
India also won the ODI World Cup in 2011 and the Champions Trophy in 2013. Dhoni is still the only captain to win all three major ICC competitions as a limited-overs captain.
His captaincy record in the IPL is equally impressive. Under his captaincy, Chennai Super Kings have won a record-equaling five IPL titles.
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Dhoni is undoubtedly one of the greatest captains of all time, and Kieron Pollard seems to have the same views.
Pollard declares Dhoni the Best
Speaking to News24 Sports, the West Indies great picked the former India captain as the best captain. Kieron stated that while he never played with Dhoni, he enjoyed his captaincy from afar.
“Oo, best cricket captain. I’ve never played alongside him, but I’ve seen some of his tactics on the cricket field, and I really enjoyed MS Dhoni. I’ve really enjoyed, I really enjoyed his captaincy from afar, playing against him, being in the middle, seeing his tactics and stuff like that\, I’ve enjoyed that. So, I’ll say, for me, MS Dhoni,” said Kieron Pollard.
Rohit Sharma is a fantastic, fantastic cricketer- Kieron Pollard
Kieron Pollard also spoke about his former IPL teammate Rohit Sharma. Pollard played under Rohit’s captaincy in the IPL and enjoyed a very successful stint with the Mumbai Indians.
The veteran all-rounder hailed Rohit as a fantastic cricketer and said that he deserves every accolade coming his way.
“I’ve played Under-19 cricket with Sharma since then, and playing international cricket alongside and against, and playing underneath, I think he’s a fantastic, fantastic cricketer. The records that he has in one-day cricket especially are just phenomenal, and he has led us as our captain to five championship trophies as well,” said Pollard.
“So his stats and everything that he has done have spoken for himself, and I’ve said it before in interviews, he deserves each and every accolade that comes his way, and he deserves, when he decides to call it a day, to call it a day and not be forced out in any way possible,” he added.
