Dhoni has just carried the legacy of Ganguly in a cool and calm manner, says BS Bedi

“Mahendra Singh Dhoni has just carried the legacy of Sourav Ganguly,” says former Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi. He stressed upon the fact that Ganguly was the one who made those unmatchable contributions to the Indian cricket and Dhoni has just taken it forward in his cool and calm manner. Apart from the tussle of who is the best captain, he also pointed out that Sachin Tendulkar’s current form is not a good sign for the Indian team.

The legendary spinner went onto draw the comparisons between Ganguly and late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. Bedi was quoted by The Hindu saying, "I honestly feel that Tiger Pataudi was the greatest thing to have happened to the Indian cricket. He brought the sense of Indianness to the dressing room. Winning as a habit was cultivated by Tiger Pataudi." "We have seen the result in Ajit Wadekar team winning three-match series in 1971. With due respect to Wadekar, I am saying that the seeds were sown by Pataudi," he added.

Meanwhile the reports in DNA quoted Bedi saying, "Like in present day, we are reading so much about Mahendra Singh Dhoni but the present day cricket was set up by Sourav Ganguly. He has enormous contribution to the Indian cricket. It has just been taken forward by Dhoni in a calm manner. Calmness is Dhoni's greatest quality. Indian cricket always had ups and downs but now it seems reasonably stable.” Former Indian captain didn’t mind taking a dig at the Master Blaster who has been off-colour for quite a sometime. He believes that it’s high time for him to start scoring runs again. He was quoted by Indian Express saying, "It's high time that he (Tendulkar) should get back to runs to get people's respect.” He also had praise for this era of Indian cricket as they are collectively doing well and with some good spinners in Ravi Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, India looks much more formidable unit.

"It's a great time for Indian cricket. We have good players and spinners like Ashwin. He has everything in him to become the go-to man for the Indian cricket." Bedi rated Sir Garfield Sobers as the greatest cricketer along with Sir Donald Bradman. "I am fortunate to have bowled to Sir Sobers. He was the ultimate cricketer. Two people -- Sobers and Bradman -- would not emerge in world cricket again."