It was Sourav Ganguly who backed young players like Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, etc. who became an instrumental part of the team that won the 2011 World Cup under the leadership of MS Dhoni.
Zaheer Khan was the reason MS Dhoni became a successful Test captain: Gautam Gambhir
MS Dhoni is the only captain to have won all the important ICC white-ball tournaments - the T20 World Cup, the ODI World Cup and the Champions Trophy. It was also under the leadership of MS Dhoni that India became the number one ranked Test side.
But Gautam Gambhir believes that India was a good Test team due to the presence of fine players like Zaheer Khan. Zaheer Khan had mastered the art of swinging the ball both ways and unlike many other pace bowlers knew the art of bowling on dead Indian pitches. He has played a vital role in many Indian victories under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
Thus Gautam Gambhir has a firm opinion that it is a good team that makes a good captain and not the other way around.
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