4. Dhoni’s rotation policy was a massive shock
Gautam Gambhir has even at times slammed MS Dhoni’s captaincy who is widely regarded as one of the finest captains India has ever produced. Post his retirement he made it public when he stated that in 2012, Dhoni had made it clear that he can’t have Gambhir, Sehwag and Sachin in the same ODI team.
MS Dhoni was concerned about their fielding and didn’t want slow movers in the field with one eye on the 2015 cricket world cup. Gambhir was shocked with this rotation policy of Dhoni as he never got many chances after the 2012 CB series in Australia in ODI cricket.
“In the 2012 Tri-series in Australia, Dhoni declared that he can’t play all three (Gambhir, Sachin and Sehwag) of us together as he was looking ahead at the 2015 World Cup. It was a massive shock, I think it would have been a massive shock for any cricketer. I have not heard anyone be told in 2012 that they would never be a part of the 2015 World Cup. I always had the impression that if you keep scoring runs, age is just a number”, said Gambhir while talking about the incident as quoted by India Today.
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