{"id":369798,"date":"2023-09-18T12:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/09\/18\/because-of-captaincy-he-couldnt-gautam-gambhirs-big-statement-on-ms-dhoni-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:36:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:36:20","slug":"because-of-captaincy-he-couldnt-gautam-gambhirs-big-statement-on-ms-dhoni-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/09\/18\/because-of-captaincy-he-couldnt-gautam-gambhirs-big-statement-on-ms-dhoni-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Because of captaincy, he couldn\u2019t&#8230;&#8217;: Gautam Gambhir&#8217;s big statement on MS Dhoni | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-103760198,imgsize-40662.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: The only captain to win three ICC trophies for India &#8212; World T20 (2007), the <!-- -->ODI World Cup<!-- --> (2011) and the Champions Trophy (2012) &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mahendra-singh-dhoni\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-MS Dhoni-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mahendra-singh-dhoni\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MS Dhoni<\/a> had a remarkable international career that spanned close to 15 years. <br \/>To go with that, 10,773 ODI runs and 1617 runs in T20Is as Dhoni was a force to reckon with in India&#8217;s lower middle order. <br \/>However, former India opener <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/gautam-gambhir\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Gautam Gambhir-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/gautam-gambhir\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gautam Gambhir<\/a> feels that the legend could have achieved a lot more with the bat but sacrificed his personal runs for team&#8217;s cause and trophies. <br \/>After the initial phase of his career, Dhoni played at No.3 for some time but then he brought himself down the order to be the finisher for the team. <br \/>\u201cEarlier, they were wicketkeeper-batters who were keepers first and then batters, but MS was batter first and then a keeper. It was a blessing for Indian cricket that in MS Dhoni, we got a wicketkeeper-batter who could win you matches from No.7, because he had that power game,\u201d Gambhir said on Star Sports during the Asia Cup final on Sunday.<br \/>&#8220;Because of captaincy, he couldn\u2019t achieve what he could have achieved as a batter. A lot of times as captain you have to keep team first. If MS was not captain, he could have batted at No 3. I am sure he could have broken several ODI records. He has won a lot of trophies, but individually he sacrificed his international runs for trophies,\u201d Gambhir added.<br \/>Gambhir was a key part of the Dhoni-led side that won the ICC World T20 in 2007 and the 50-over World Cup in 2011.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/because-of-captaincy-he-couldnt-gautam-gambhirs-big-statement-on-ms-dhoni\/articleshow\/103760267.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The only captain to win three ICC trophies for India &#8212; World T20 (2007), the ODI World Cup (2011) and the Champions Trophy (2012) &#8212; MS Dhoni had a remarkable international career that spanned close to 15 years. 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