Change of Captaincy - A Turbulent Affair | The Self Repeating History of Indian Cricket's Captains. 

Bro.. please make an entire playlist on Ganguly's and Sachin's careers. The way you narrate is so beautiful. I actually get goosebumps while watching some of the videos.

If I remember correctly, dhoni invited Kumble and Dada for Last session captaincy in the last test he played... That's such a class move

Seriously how good and underrated was Dravid as a captain... It was under him that India learnt to chase. It was under him so many of the young and exciting youths got their chance. All people remember his captaincy is for 2007 WC. But test series wins in WI, Eng and all those bilateral series wins under him are so easily forgotten. Hopefully he ushers in a new era of solid Indian coaches as well...

I never take Ajay Jadeja's comment too seriously. But Ajay, in a show, commented the biggest success of Dhoni is how he passed the captaincy batton to Kohli. (Not the trophies he won). Now I understand how correct Ajay Jadeja was!

People will slowly realize that Dravid , Kumble and Dhoni were actually the most important players who made India the most prestigious team in Cricket as well as are the most gentleman players from India .

Though we collapsed miserably in the 2019 World Cup, the decision of Dhoni to hand over ODI captaincy to Kohli two years prior for me is the epitome of the values of a true leader. He made sure the team in no way should fall apart whenever he leaves the team for good.

There are enough of your followers praising your content & specially the way narrate the stories in every single video, and I'm here to comment on nothing different than so many others! Goosebumps every time I watch your content, keep it up!

Key point is after Ganguly took over the captaincy all the players wanted team India to build stronger team and give enough time to build the new generation of team when ever the senior quit ..the seniors from the Ganguly's period had no ego ... Thats called maturity who thinks of the team .. Earlier it was a kind of ego floating in the team which actually did not develop a strong team ...every individual focus was to how i can stick myself to team India ... things have changed and i hope the future ll be the same ...

Great video buddy. Just want to add one thing. Not only around 1980s, the captaincy drama was way muddier earlier. In 1958-59 against West Indies at Home, we had four captains in the same series. Ghulam Ahmed, Hemu Adhikari, Vinoo Mankad and Polly Umrigar.

After losing the WTC final there's been a wave of hatred towards Kohli, I hope he sees this video and feels good.

This video is pure definition of quality content

After kohli 's announcement I thought it was good thing as he was already 33, he should think about future cap for t20i, he simply thought about nation, when dhoni was captain his vice-cap which is kohli, he was just in his early 20s, that's why he continued till 2016. In 2014 he gave up test capcy to kohli, which means dhoni gave up one format. But for kohli all of the main players are already in late 20s or early 30s, so it's right time for kohli to give captaincy to other guy atleast in any of one format it's pretty normal. But as you said this social media really exaggerated it, and created a rift between Rohit - kohli again. Hope indian cricket team stays strong.

MSD the man who steadied the ship in his tenure and brought glories to Indian cricket. MSD becoming captain is the best thing happened to Indian cricket.

Gavaskar was extremely favoured by the board repeatedly making him captain for series in India and then letting him give it up when a difficult series overseas was to be played. In early 80s, he led India to defeats in England and Pakistan. One reason for Indian poor performance was Gavaskar repeatedly acting more as Bombay captain than Indian captain. Kapil was probably the most shabbily treated Captain. He was sacked after 87 WC semi final defeat when it was his innings that brought back the team into the game. When Srikkanth took over from Vengsarkar , following a number of defeats attributable to bad captaincy, the latter sulked and refused to play under Srikkanth. Srikkanth took what was India's weakest team ever to tour Pakistan which had its best ever team. Despite number of horrendous umpiring decisions, that team came back undefeated - which was India's best ever performance in Pakistan till then. Srikkanth was promptly sacked. Think we cannot compare those days with the current situation

The pause between the lines,the detailing, the language and above all the silent excitement while giving the facts all these fall in line in cricket Raaz English. I never miss your videos,while having dinner or while walking with my friends I watch your videos. I have shared your channel in all the groups that I have joined,they were surprised after watching this much detailing. Kudos to you

only 77.7k u deserve a million, such quality content, it was so inspirational and well made

I don't know how but this guy has become my most addicted RU-vid

Rahul Dravid again and again prove that why he know as wall where ever he goes he brings positive changes be it captaincy or coaching 💪💪

"Andrew Simonds" story deserves his fair share on your channel. Looking forward to his story in your words.

I don't think captaincy would be a bloodbath this time it will end up a peaceful transition

Your voice,your narration, editing is top notch man! I really love your content!💯 Keep it up.

Bro rapid change in the subscribers list... Good to see ur going... Always do the best. Like what you do Always....@cricket Raaj English... 😍

Indian Captains who gave up Captaincy Voluntarily: 1. Sachin 2. Dravid 3. Kumble 4. Dhoni 5. Kohli (As it seems)

Dravid is ultra Pro max Dhoni. Calm, composed and mature leaders.

May be Dhoni came in as an mentor to just do that. I still feels India needs alteast two captains. One for Test and ODI and one for T20. Since T20 format itself is very diff from test.

Regarding the captaincy transitions involving Azhar, I have a few comments. Firstly, Azhar became permanent captain in 1990, not 1992. If we had other captains in that period between 1990-1992, it was probably because Azhar was out injured or something. Secondly, Azhar’s second ouster from captaincy didn’t end with the match fixing scandal. It actually ended much before, towards the end of 1999. Ajay Jadeja and Ganguly were both tried as white ball captains in some series (e.g. against West Indies in Toronto, tri series in Singapore etc.) before the captaincy was handed back to Sachin ahead of the 1999-2000 Australia tour. This was followed by a defeat to SA at home, following which Sachin relinquished captaincy, and Ganguly was put into the hot seat. Under Ganguly, the team played the ODI series in SA, some series in Sharjah (I could be wrong on this) and as Asia Cup in Dhaka. It was in Dhaka that both Azhar and Jadeja played for India for the last time. The match fixing controversy had started during the 2000 Ind-SA ODI series and Azhar and Jadeja’s names were involved at the time the Asia Cup was going on. That was when the match fixing saga really started. Technically, India had 2 captains between Azhar and the match fixing saga.

Dont worry abt giving captaincy on its own or not...dravid was given a chance and well respected by the board...whereas sourav has had the board and everybody against him since 1992 onwards...its just his bat and HIM personally doing everything of its own to make his name like what it is now...even after so much disrespect from board,coach,captain

What a Show. Brother you Bringing to Life the Memories and Moment s Frozen in Time as if Happened Yesterday. We have lived it You making Us Relive it. Wow. Keep the Good Works. Kudos.

Yaar pls Spotify pe podcast start kar na would like to hear you during long drives 🙂😝

It is a bumpy ride for viratians

Dravid, retiring like a boss. 💥❤️

Fantastic quality content!! Keep them coming!!

MSD is Just Love ❤️

The Man always knows how to start any good changes - Dravid ❤

Back here after Kohli's handover of Test captaincy.. When I read the news, the end in the end came to my mind immediately.. "Indian captaincy has always been a shaky boat, always need to be ready for a bumpy ride"

Love Dravid and the fact someone had will and knowledge of game

Make a video on the Ganguly era of Indian cricket... That was the turning point of Indian cricket...

Now Kholi is gone and Rohit comes in, soon all those supporting Rohit will start to criticize Rohit and ask for next person in line to be the captain ... And so the drama continuessss....... 😂

WoW. Just a word to describe your beautiful narrative and those music and animations with those pictures is definitely a very little. What a beautiful narration that was! I almost felt that I was watching a documentary in a cinema hall. I have fallen in love with your beautiful voice and narrations now. Saw 5 continuous videos of yours and here I am feeling proud to discover your channel. Being a fan of cricket, it feels great to know about cricket from a deep point of view. From a perspective, I never knew before. From an angle, that is necessary in today's world. You really do a great amount of research, I must say. It feels great to know about my favourite player's mind from your videos. Keep making videos, I will be one of your first subscriber (admirer) to watch and adore your beautiful narration. Cheers and have a great day, Sir.

Content is never a question on this channel, it's been always a Quality rather other thing i would say is.... Phenomenal narrative capabilities, exceptional pauses you take in between, complete package, one day I wish to meet and greet you.. RESPECT CRICKET RAAZ, YOU HAVE EARNED IT

Please make a video on Ganguly's Arrival and the role of greg chaplle's poor role.

Could you please make a biography of Sourav... His rise then the Chappel issue then his mighty return..

You’ve covered what has been- in relative terms- a golden era. There was a time when we had 4 captains in a 5-test series. Not surprisingly, we were pummelled in that series and coped an even bigger shellacking in the tour to England that followed shortly!

Captains like Kapil Dev sowed the seeds of Indian cricket. And captains like Sachin, Ganguly and Dravid nurtured a young tree and gave it a character! Then it was all upto the Dhoni and Kohli to maintain and lead that roaring Indian team towards glory!

You really have a god-gift in story telling 🥰🥰 💖💖💖

Well curated video. Your narration is already top shelf stuff... Kudos to you. The script is impeccably written with all necessary elements and there was nothing more one could ask for. With regards to narration, you are already doing 95% things right. What you could consider focussing on is that at some points you stress on some verbs/adjectives that we would have stressed on had we been speaking Hindi, not English. Examples: 1) at 0:46, you emphasized on "sport" instead of "just".... (but emphasis on "religion is beautiful). In Hindi we would have emphasized on "khel" in the below sentence: cricket sirf ek KHEL nahi, balki DHARMA ban gya. 2) at 0:58, the emphasis on the word "cricket" wasn't necessary,sounds misplaced, and breaks the sublime flow you magically create. 3) at 0:18, the dieing tone on "Indian Captaincy" makes it sounds like the end of the sentence and the small pause that follows seems to confirm the end of sentence, but when you continue with "seems to have hit...", the sentence fails to deliver the punch as effectively as it could have. I repeat, your narration stands out, is a treat to hear, and you have all it takes to become the best. Cheers!

You missed out a very important information . When Tendulkar left captaincy for the 2nd time , in the last test series Ajay Jadeja was brought back to test matches again and selectors hoped and prayed he performs , as Ganguly was never their first choice as captain . Jadeja failed in that test match on the eve of selection and he on record said to Saurav , congrats I know you will be India ‘s next captain as I have failed in test and India wants same captain in all formats .

Seeing this now the transition from virat to rohit seemed really smooth except the media involvement which came down subsequently. And I think it will be the same case in rohit to rahul too..

Great video. Discovered your channel recently and love your channel ❤️

You're one of the finest youtubers, no drama no bullshit just the pure information through video and the way you convey is brilliant, now u have made a collection of videos which I'll definitely show my kids to make them feel what cricket is. Just keep it up and we'll supporting you along!

Hi admin , I have been watching ur videos repeatedly not only because of m a cricket fan I am like addicted to ur story telling .. here are some of my long time searched stories on ' story behind declination of sl cricket pak cricket South Africa cricket ' gone are those days when I watched our team get thrashed all over park by sa batsmen .. rarely I have seen dominating. I don't see even a contest from these 3 teams now a days. I used to bite my nails and watch even matches against Zimbabwe where flower brothers used to be nightmare for our toothless attack. Pl do a video on where and why the dynamic shift . At presnt it is only contest between eng NZ and india. Bangladesh and aus almost at same stage.

Sharing this video with everyone I know..... Weldone brother ❤️

Immense thanks to Kohli we have finally winning Tests outside India ,not loosing tests series after tests series. Now only an ICC trophy 🏆 needed. Kohli sir actually not done so much wrong in ICC trophies,he led 3 ICC trophies where India finished in 2 finals and 1 sf. Dhoni did great winning by winning 3 icc trophies but he lost 8 icc trophies leaving those away series specifically tests series. Hope Kohli gets a good run like dhoni atleast he deserves to lead 5 ICC Trophies and let’s see where he finishes. If Kohli sir manages to win this t20 WC which will be not easy at all then without a doubt he will be the best Indian captain and probably one of the greatest captain along with Ricky Ponting or Steve Waugh.

I thought you know about the Bombay vs rest of India thing .Many people from this generation don't know about this. People from Bombay like gavaskar ,manjredkar , ravi shashtri have had a hand in this. If u dont believe just wait and watch .Rohit will obviously be made limited overs captain. Rahane will be made test captain . And the bombay lobby will ensure that Bombay players like suryakumar yadav ,Prithvi shaw or Shreyas iyer will be made future captains sidelining players from rest of the country like kl Rahul and Rishabh pant.

i dont know where Ganguly's captaincy period gone in your video.. there was no turbulence... only turbulence done by greg chappel..not by any team members... All seniors including sachin respect dada bcz they also get respect... and till date max no of players debut under a captain - Sourav Ganguly...(dont count some force changes)

Once again an interesting video. However, you could have elaborated a bit. For example during the azar-sachin transitions you just mentioned the time period of their sacking.

What a day to release the video on captaincy!!!( RCB vs CSK today)

I lost all my emotions towards cricket post Dada's retirement.

Kohli can never bring icc title ... He is legend player but average captain

If the 80s were stormy, what about the 50s? 4 captains in one series, one of whom was informed about his elevation in a urinal? Or, the 70s, when a captain was informed about his sacking via an in-flight announcement?

Bro what about the great dravid please make videos over him

Please give a video on why Saurav ganguly retired because of match fixing or not please make a video

Your observation was biased towards Dhoni. He did try to emulate Kumble. He was a coward to retire midway through an English series, where India were already losing the series. He was already under fire to give up Test captaincy due to his poor batting form and his overseas win record in SENA countries were abysmal.

As usual excellent narration and google tells me the meaning of some unheard words in between the video😁

Indian team very much needs a cool , unbiased and focussed head rather than an animated , arrogant , woke whose below avg captaincy is rescued by talented individuals'( including himself) performances many a time !! Gracefully he should step down from ODI and T-20s captaincy and pass the baton to some shrewd 25-26yrs old to give him time to build the team( Dhoni's words) till world cup !!

Gavaskar (despite 1985) and Sachin were never a captain material. Azhar, Dravid, Kumble & MS were always a better game reader + leader. Kapil, Ganguly & Kohli were not captain materials but they developed their captaincy although not in greatest ways due to their less knowledge & unnecessary aggration.

Dhoni was the men that show believe you can do

Gavaskar is a great batsman. But he can under perform. The semi final in Mumbai where he got bowled by Defritas on a defensive shot. He did not want to go to Calcutta.

I don't there is any rift between Rohit and Virat .Today I saw Virat was genuinely concerned when Rohit got injured and pat his back.

Who do you think is gonna get captaincy? Rohit for the next WC then some youngster or directly someone new?

I hate the way BCCI played pingping with players while choosing the captain of the team. Victories and losses are part and parcel of a game, and every time a captain fails to lead their team toawrds victory, the captaincy would be snatched from them, and then there would be chaos in the team, the players would need time to get accustomed to new captains method and even the person becoming the captain would be under constant pressure, resulting in him being ruthless and tough task master or even tyrant in order to extract excellent performance from his team mates as he would be under constant threat of loosing not only the captaincy but also his spot in playing XI. As a result, he would be hated by his teammates, or they would have a strained relationship. This kind of method is not healthy for the mental condition of players.

You are doing great. This is some amazing content. 💗

Dhoni also got test rank 1. He ia often stripped of that credential unfairly. Ofcourse it was previous team. Just like how kohli started with msd s team.

Very nice narration BUT PLEASE ENOUGH OF THOSE LONG BREATHES. ITS GETTING IRRITATING LISTENING TO IT ON LITERALLy *deep breathe* LITERALLY EVERY VIDEO

Beautifully put together

On their rise indian captain shines like star. They have absolute power but they fall like fallen star

We want A video for dada's story

Dravid ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Standing in 2023 this video surely deserves a Part 2..great work

Beautiful narration 👌🏻

🇮🇳🇮🇳✨✨INDIAN WOMEN'S CRICKET TEAM DESERVES A VIDEO TOO, PLEASE SELECT A APPROPRIATE TOPIC AND LET US CHERISH WOMEN'S CRICKET TOO SIR 🙌🙌🇮🇳🇮🇳

Rahul Dravid ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thats why dhoni is important for Indian cricket

9 captains from 1980-1992? Those are rookie numbers today!

😏Kon Kon csk vs rcb dekh rha hai?

Was Kohli not involved in selection meeting for 2019 world cup? He was and he knew about 3D player selection instead of Rayudu..maybe we could have won if Rayudu was selected

I accidentally spotted your content. And as a cricket fanatic, I love your content

Actually as per tradition, the best performing player at that instant of time automatically becomes the choice of captaincy in India, minus the premature promotion of Pataudi or accidental elevation of Venkatraghvan or others like GS Ramchand or circumstantial appointments like Kris Srikanth. Gavaskar for all his accomplishments, be it the victory at the World Championship of Cricket in Australia, the test series win against a depleted West Indies in '78-79 or England in '81-82, was too conservative in tactics and therefore couldn't enforce results. Kapil although led by example even if it meant battling against the West Indies, became the victim of Board politics and his miscalculation at the SF against England in '87. Azhar was lucky to be appointed at a time when cricket in India was gaining commercial momentum and succeeded overwhelmingly at home but failed miserably overseas. Sachin was a bit too mild mannered irrespective of his position as the world's best batsman. Ganguly in this regards stands the test of time. He knew his own plus points and weaknesses. It was he who started assembling teams based on the formats, though only minor additions or deletions were required to be made. Rather than Chappell, had the other applicants like Dean Jones and Mohinder Amarnath been the coach post John Wright, things would've taken a turn for good. While Dhoni bought us all the 3 ICC trophies and took us to the top of the ICC points table in both tests and ODIs, he became a near repeat of Azhar as India during his regime suffered drastically outside the subcontinent(minus the 2010-11 tour of South Africa).

Dhoni will always be my captain ❤️

Please be happy that Kohli is leaving.. He cannot make us win any trophy.. Don't go on his biceps or tattoos or jawline.. See his numbers in recent years.. Let's welcome the new Indian captain with open arms ✌

What happened in the 1996 world cup semi final, please make a video on that

I am quite sure that Virat and Rohit Saga a similar to that of Kapil and Gavaskar saga.... Just look at the t20 world cup team... 6 players from MI got selected to the Indian team... of Which 4 are out of form(quite sure the 5th will also lose his form during the world cup)and at what cost in form middle order batsman like Shreyas Iyar and India's tops t20 bowler Chahel... Adding insult to injury is appointment of Mr.Dhoni as mentor.... Now "if" India wins the worldcup... The whole credit will be given to Mr.Dhoni and Rohit and MI gang and if India dont win the worldcup the whole blame will all be on Kholi...

Dhoni stayed in limited overs captaincy for his biopic to release....right after it he gave it up

Dada always favourite as a captain.

Great work.like always, wanted to know your thoughts on the spate of negative articles regarding Kohli recently on MensXP...just wondering if Kohli's image is being tarnished for gradual removal from all formats as captain , as form of backlash by BCCI (Ganguly) due to pull out from 5th test at Old Trafford

Just how great Dravid really was as a Player, captain and now as a coach.

1.Dhongi should have given up captaincy in 2015 itself. 2 Dhongi gave up test captaincy as he was about to be kicked out after 4 consecutive white wash in SENA countries. He should have at least played as a player in last test instead of giving up on his team midway. Another very selfish move from Dhongi

Gist of the video, Msd was the greatest captain that india will ever get.

The contents of video increases day by day 🥰

I need a video on how ganguly captaincy era was ended