Former Indian cricket workforce opener Gautam Gambhir believes that captaincy doesn’t have any vital impression on a participant’s batting and he namedropped plenty of former India skippers to drive his level house. In a latest interplay with Sportskeeda, Gambhir talked about MS Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly to indicate that regardless of being exceptionally profitable captains, their sport was not affected by the added tasks. He additionally named captains like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in his argument.

“I don’t think being a captain affects a batter’s game. There have been many captains who have given great performances while being captains. It’s about the individual mindset. MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, and Anil Kumble have performed well. Similarly, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have done it too,” he mentioned.

Gambhir himself captained India for a short tenure and even gained the Indian Premier League (IPL) title with Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012 and 2014. Gambhir defined {that a} participant is chosen on the premise of his batting and bowling abilities with captaincy being solely an added accountability for a cricketer.

“When a captain steps out to bat, his primary job is to score runs. You are selected in the team as a batter or a bowler; captaincy is an additional responsibility given to you. While batting, if you’re going to think that I am the captain, the ball or the bat doesn’t know that you are the captain. You are a batter when you have the bat in your hand and a bowler when you have the ball. You become the captain when you get out or complete your over,” he additional added.