Aakash Chopra says Sourav Ganguly's era is superior to MS Dhoni's, justifies his reason

Aakash Chopra has revealed whose captaincy while challenging and also justified his reason behind it recently. two captains were ne or than Sourav Ganguly and Mahendra Singh Dhoni- considered two of best and finest captains in history of both Indian as well as world cricket. Ganguly had led India to finals of World Cup 2003 whereas, Dhoni had led India to a historic triumph in 2011. However, Chopra has picked Sourav Ganguly's era.

READ: Sachin Tendulkar interacts with 12,000 doctors on sport injuries

'Sourav Ganguly’s era': Aakash Chopra

During a recent interaction with former Pakistani World Cup-winning player Ramiz Raja on Youtube, ex-Delhi batsman picked Sourav Ganguly's era and said that Dada had to regain trust of people after match-fixing scandal and make a team from scratch. Chopra also mentioned that Dada's eye for talent stood out as he brought in young talents and also went forward with support of or senior players. Meanwhile, cricketer-turned-commentator/analyst also went on to add that India started winning overseas under Ganguly's reign.

Speaking about MS Dhoni's captaincy reign, former Test opener said that Mahi reaped rewards of all this but he excelled for his exceptional man-manr skills as he had to handle big stars and young players which he did really well. 

READ: Ian Chappell cites Sachin Tendulkar, Redpath's examples to win battle against COVID-19

impact of COVID-19 on sporting events

All major sporting events have eir been postponed or cancelled due to global pandemic. big global events like UEFA Euro Cup 2020 and Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed to summer of 2021 while showpiece event of world tennis i.e. Wimbledon 2020 has been cancelled for first time since World War II. 

Coming back to cricket, semi-final and final matches of ongoing edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) have been postponed as well. bilateral ODI series between India and South Africa have been rescheduled at a later date whereas, IPL 2020 that was supposed to get underway on March 29 has tentatively been postponed to April 15.

READ: Believe FTP for next two years should be reworked: Azharuddin

READ: MS Dhoni stuck w, should have retired after 2019 World Cup: Shoaib Akhtar