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Former India starter Gautam Gambhir made his debut when Sourav Ganguly was the Indian captain. He also played with Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and then won two World Cups – T20 World Cup 2007 and ODI World Cup 2011 – under MS Dhoni. He returned to the Indian Trial side when young Virat Kohli was at the helm. In an international career spanning over 13 years, Gambhir has played with some of the best and most successful captains in India. Therefore, you should have a Herculean task to choose one among all. But known for having a crystalline thought process, Gambhir did not hesitate to choose the best captain he has ever played with.
The left-hander, who announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in December 2018, chose legendary Indian spinner Anil Kumble as the best captain.
“Yes, MS Dhoni from the point of view of records, but yes, for me the best captain I have ever played with is Anil Kumble,” Gambhir said on the Star Sports Cricket Connected program.
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Gambhir said that Kumble would have broken all records if he had captained India for a longer period of time.
“Sourav (Ganguly) has done really well. A captain who would definitely have wanted to captain India for a long time is Anil Kumble. I probably played six test games under him; He was not captain of India for so long. If I had captained India for a long time, I would have broken a lot of records, ”added Gambhir, who in fact played six test matches with Kumble and is himself a very successful IPL captain with two titles for the Kolkata Knights Footwear.
Kumble became the captain of the Indian Test in the seventeenth year of his international career when Rahul Dravid retired in November 2007. MS Dhoni was the ODI and T20I captain of India at the time and was deemed too early to deliver the realms of the test team.
Kumble, who is India’s top wicket winner in both Tests (619) and ODI (337), led India in 14 test matches before announcing his retirement mid-tour of Australia in India in 2008 Under his command, India won three events, tied five and lost six.
After his retirement, Dhoni assumed the position of captain of India in all three formats.
