Michael Hussey speaks on MS Dhoni & Ricky Ponting's 'effective captaincy tactics'

Former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey has revealed what differentiates between two of world cricket's most successful captains Ricky Ponting and Mahendra Singh Dhoni from each or. Ponting has been a part of Australia's three World Cup triumphs between 1999-2007 and has led m two wins in 2003 & 2007 editions respectively and has also led Aussies to back-to-back ICC Champions Trophy wins in 2006 and 2009. 

Dhoni, on or hand, is only captain in history to have won all ICC titles which include World T20 2007, 2011 World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy. He had also led India to summit of Test rankings in 2009 and has captained India to Asia Cup wins in 2010 and 2016.

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'Both are effective in ir own ways': Hussey

During a recent interaction, former Australian middle-order batsman went on to say that Dhoni is a lot calmer and lot more measured and that he strategically reads game slightly better than Ricky Ponting. Meanwhile, Hussey also mentioned that even Ponting was a good tactician as well. 'Mr. Cricket' also added that he way Mahi makes some moves on field, it makes him wonder where is veteran stumper going with this and when his move works out inevitably, Mike asks himself where did that come from? He n added that MSD backs his gut feeling. Hussey furr added that both are two different captains but are very effective in ir own ways.

Talking about Ponting's captaincy tactics, 2007 World Cup winner said that champion cricketer is just so driven and so competitive in everything that he does. Furrmore, he added that three-time world champion can be playing table tennis in team room or he can be playing a game of marbles which he would want to win. southpaw also went on to mention that when a fielding drill takes place at training, Ponting wants to lead re as well and he also wants to set highest standard.

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