Bhajji good enough to captain India : Ganguly

[ganeshran]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl-2012/news/Bhajji-good-enough-to-captain-India-Ganguly/articleshow/12552378.cms

MUMBAI: This would be music to Harbhajan Singh's ears. The feisty off-spinner, who has been out of the national team since last summer, is enjoying captaining Team Mumbai of late, having captained them to the Champions League T20 title last September and then leading them to a win in their IPL 5 opener against defending champs and hosts Team Chennai on Wednesday night. Sourav Ganguly, under whom Harbhajan flourished while playing for India, is mighty impressed with the offie's leadership qualities, and feels that the 98-Test veteran has enough mettle in him to even captain India one day. "His captaincy was brilliant in the CL20 last year and it was brilliant last night too. He has the ability to lead India. You could see that on the field, in his body language... he is always competitive on the park. I have said that he would always be there in my squad, any day, anytime... and I still maintain that. And I am saying that purely on the basis of how good he is," gushed Ganguly, on the eve of leading Team Pune against Bhajji's Team Mumbai at the Wankhede. 'Dada' feels that Tendulkar had good reasons to pass on the Team Mumbai captaincy baton to Harbhajan. "It was completely his personal decision. Over the years, we have seen that he has been reluctant to captain the Indian team when offers have been made. I also feel it had to do with Harbhajan having done well as a captain in CLT20 last year," Ganguly said, before revealing a bit about his side of the story too. "Like Sachin, I was not keen to be the captain as well. Unfortunately, Yuvraj Singh wasn't well and I had to take up this job," the ex-India skipper revealed. In the absence of a coach, Ganguly is also the Team Pune mentor. What does he think about it? "I think it is just a term. There is so much support staff. Since the last three or four weeks, I am feeling the same way the way I felt while I was leading India or Kolkata. There is no added responsibility. I am just looking after my cricket," he said.

[Pagalpanti]

:facepalm:

[Number]

He has the ability to lead India. You could see that on the field, in his body language... he is always competitive on the park

[The Dark Horse]

Ganguly always lobbies for his circle of players, no surprise.

[Roshanrocks]

Ganguly has always backed Bhajji, bu unfortunately MSD prefers Ashwin n Jadeja so cant see BHajji entering the Indian team anytime soon

[Sir john]

Ganguly always lobbies for his circle of players' date=' no surprise.[/quote'] he destroyed many carrier too.:((

[Number]

he destroyed many carrier too.:((

Murali Karthik :giggle:

[The Dark Horse]

he destroyed many carrier too.:((

:agree:

[master22]

:wall:

[kabira]

Ganguly has always backed Bhajji' date=' bu unfortunately MSD prefers Ashwin n Jadeja so cant see BHajji entering the Indian team anytime soon[/quote'] LOL, there was time ppl used to say Bhajji and Dhoni are business partners and thats why Bhajji was not dropped.

[Crookbond]

he destroyed many carrier too.:((

Ganguly truck driver kab se ban gaya! :P But, he did destroy many "careers".

[velu]

but Bhajji is not enough to play for india :facepalm:

[BERGKAMP]

he does have the fire in his belly that most of the current crop lack, but ability wise he is nowhere near good enough for internationals.

[chainsmoker1985]

MSD's future captain candidate is Suresh Raina. Sehwag's future captain candidate is Gautam Gambhir. Ganguly's future captain candidate is Harbhajan Singh. Bhajji's future captain candidate is Yuvraj Singh. But, the one who will come out to be the captain of India in future will be 'Virat Kohli' :agree:

[akshayxyz]

Looks like Ganguly read my posts here. http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showpost.php?p=1896418&postcount=11

Bhajji will win IPL 5 as a captain' date=' and then replace MSD - based on captaincy...bowling gayi bhaad mein.[/quote']

[Sachin=GOD]

But......But.....But the "experts" on ICF think otherwise so obviously Bhajji is not good enough.

[SLICKR392]

Let Bhaji lose a match or 2 and then listen to what Dada has to say.

[akshayxyz]

Let Bhaji lose a match or 2 and then listen to what Dada has to say.

Dada is not the one to change words so quickly, you can trust Kapil for that.

[Crookbond]

Dada is not the one to change words so quickly' date=' you can trust Kapil for that.[/quote'] After some time in the Times NOW studio with Arnab, everyone learns the art.

[ganeshran]

Dada is not the one to change words so quickly' date=' you can trust Kapil for that.[/quote'] Add Ian Chapell to the list