MS Dhoni and Ricky Ponting are arguably two of essentially the most profitable captains in cricket historical past. They each have two World Cup titles to their title and have led their groups to nice heights. On Wednesday, former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi was requested to decide on between the 2 and he mentioned that his choose could be Dhoni. Afridi additionally revealed why he picked the previous India captain. He said that Dhoni had blooded a younger group and that’s the reason he charges him larger than Ponting.
Afridi held a Q&A session together with his followers on Twitter on Wednesday and one consumer requested him to choose the higher captain between Dhoni and Ponting.
“I charge Dhoni a bit larger than Ponting as he developed a brand new group full of kids,” Afridi wrote in response.
Dhoni notably led an Indian group with out most of their established stars to glory within the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007, earlier than additionally successful the 2011 World Cup.
Ponting, who captained Australia to consecutive World Cup titles in 2003 and 2007, inherited a well-settled group from predecessor Steve Waugh, and carried on Australia’s domination nicely via the 2000’s.
Afridi additionally named Viv Richards as his favorite batsman, whereas he mentioned Abdul Qadir was his all-time favorite spinner.
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Requested who he thinks is the very best bowler on the planet, Afridi picked Australia pacer Pat Cummins.
Shahid Afridi just lately recovered from coronavirus, after testing optimistic in June.
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