Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday advised the under-fire World Cup winning skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to approach the Twenty20 Internationals “differently”.
A few former India cricketers, including Ajit Agarkar and V.V.S. Laxman, recently raised questions about Dhoni’s T20 future, creating a storm in the country’s cricketing circles.
“His record in T20 is not that good compared to ODIs. Hope Kohli and the team management will speak to him separately. He has immense ability. If he approaches T20s differently, then he will be successful,” said Ganguly.
Chasing 197 in second T20 versus New Zealand in Rajkot, India were struggling at 97/4 when Dhoni joined skipper Virat Kohli and found it difficult to get it going. Eventually India lost the match.
Ganguly however feels Dhoni has a lot of cricket left in him, especially in the one-dayers.
“Definitely not for one-dayers. I think he should keep playing one-day cricket, but he has to play differently in T20s. He has to play T20s freely. It depends on the selectors and how they would like to play him,” Ganguly said.
Ganguly also expressed surprise at India opting to rest all-rounder Hardik Pandya for the upcoming Test series.
