Kapil Dev feels MS Dhoni has enough experience and should continue as a skipper

Former Indian World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev feels MS Dhoni has got enough experience and should lead the team in the limited overs format as long as he is good enough for the job. Virat Kohli who is the current Test captain of India has performed brilliantly in the longest format so far and there have been talks from every quarter to hand over the baton to Kohli even in the shorter versions of the game.

“I think the answer people should look for is are we ready to ask Dhoni to take a back seat. It is more important. I think if he is good enough he should carry on. When the time will come to Dhoni may quit all three formats,” Kapil was quoted by PTI as saying.

When asked to compare the captaincy styles of Kohli and Dhoni, Kapil said, “It is too early to answer that and again the two individuals are different and every individual is different. Kohli is very expressive, while Dhoni is calm and quite. I think it is very difficult to compare because both have different teams and different attitude.”

“Things have changed. Tomorrow you may ask can you compare these two with Sourav Ganguly as captain. So, every captain brings in his own input and aggression and motivation but it all depends on how you use these things with your team for best results. That is captaincy. It is not that you have to be aggressive and if you are not aggressive still you win the match, it is good enough,” Kapil said.

The legendary all-rounder was very impressed with the way Indian new ball bowlers have been bowling of late and said they have improved drastically. “It is not about 140 plus speed that Indian bowlers achieve but the line and length is very important. If you can bowl 135 speed and get movement, that is good enough. But again, if you have pace, you always get advantage of that,”

Despite India’s fielding coach R Sridhar stating that there close in catching needs improvement, Kapil was pretty happy with the overall fielding of the team. “I think basically the Indian fielding has improved a lot since our time. But still one can understand that all the XI fielders are not the same. They have two or three brilliant fielders in the side,” he said.

“If the majority of the players in a side also improve then the fielding could become better. When you talk about fielding in a team, everyone has to be good enough,” he concluded.