Yograj Singh on Dhoni captaincy : After winning the World Cup, the Indian team went through a chaos in the next two years. After being whitewashed in the Test series against England and Australia, several Indian experienced players were excluded from the team. At that time, the selectors unanimously decided that Mahendra Singh Dhoni would be removed from the post of captain, and one of the main members of the committee was Mohindar Amarnath. Yuvraj Singh’s father Yogaraj Singh has recently opened his mouth with the episode. He attacked Amarnath and his co-founders in strong language.
In an interview to Insidesport, Yogaraj Singh said, “You (BCCI selectors) have ended the boys’ career without any reason. Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zahir Khan, Mohammad Kaif, VVS Lakshman, Rahul Dravid – these boys were removed after 20 years. ‘
He also said, ‘You broke the whole team after winning the World Cup. The career of seven players was destroyed. That’s why we were shocked then. ‘ Gambhir, young, Zaheer and Harbhajan were gradually excluded after the defeat against England and Australia. On the other hand, Dravid and Laxman retired from Test cricket.
Gambhir, Yuvraj, Zaheer and Harbhajan – all four of them have gone out of the team before the World Cup. “We lost five series under Dhoni’s captaincy,” said Yogaraj, who blamed the then selector Mohindar Amarnath. Then he was supposed to move, and Amarnath was given the responsibility of the captain. But the way it was done was not correct. ‘
Amarnath earlier said in an interview that after the loss of England and Australia, it was decided to remove Dhoni from captaincy, but the decision was stopped by the then BCCI President N. Srinivasan.
In 2002, Amarnath told CNN-Ibn, ‘When you respect someone, you do not ask. But my question is, if the selection committee makes a decision on the good of Indian cricket, then why should they not be given the opportunity to work independently? ‘
Almost a year was the term as the selector of Amarnath. In the end, Dhoni was the captain in the Test until the end of the 20th and then retired from a long format. He captained the limited -overs cricket till January 27, and then Virat Kohli took over.