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Dhoni became such a successful captain in Test cricket is because of Zaheer Khan, feels Gambhir

By Saurabh Sharma July 11, 2020 • 17:00 PM View: 4504

New Delhi, July 11: Former India captain M.S. Dhoni was lucky in the way that he inherited teams consisting of great players when he took over the Indian captaincy in all formats of the game, according to former batsman Gautam Gambhir.

As Test captain, Dhoni is credited with being the first to lead India to the top of the Test rankings and Gambhir said that it is because of fast bowler Zaheer Khan that the team managed to be so successful.

TAGS Zaheer Khan MS Dhoni Gautam Gambhir

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