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[Saba Sports News] Former India cricketer S Sreesanth opened up about his relationship with the World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni.
Sreesanth, who played under Dhoni, won multiple ICC trophies in the form of 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup.
In a recent interaction with Sportskeeda, the 40-year-old talked about his relationship with Dhoni and acknowledged that the former India skipper taught the team-first approach to the players in his captaincy tenure.
“I also had my differences with Dhoni bhai. But now when I look at cricketing side of things, no one can say that Dhoni didn’t back them. There are some situations which made the captain think the other way, and that’s how life is,” said Sreesanth.
“It will be a bit controversial when I say this. Yes you can say ‘Why to talk only about 2-3 players? We also played our part in the win’. But it’s just about the way Dhoni thought about the team first all the time. He even started the culture of giving the cup to the newest person in the team. He never wanted the limelight. He always wanted the team to do well,” he added.
Sreesanth further admitted that the last World Cups India won are because of every individual’s performance, but the role of the captain is always crucial on big stages.
“Yes we won the World Cups because of the hard work of each and every player. But while the ship may have many celebrities on it, the task to take it from one destination to another always is always done by the captain. No matter how much you put a flight on autopilot, you need the pilot,” he concluded.
Sreesanth took retirement from Indian cricket on March 9, 2022. He last played an international match in August 2011 against England.