Rahul Dravid is probably the most under-rated captain says Gambhir

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir said that legendary batsman Rahul Dravid is probably the most ‘underrated’ former captain in the country.

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Gambhir said Dravid’s contribution is like that of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar but he did not get enough credit. Dravid captained in 79 ODI matches for India. In those 79 matches team won 42, including a record of winning 14 consecutive matches.

Under the captaincy of Dravid, India performed brilliantly in the Test series in the West Indies, South Africa, Bangladesh, and England.

“I made my one-day debut under Sourav Ganguly and my Test debut under Rahul Dravid. It is so unfortunate that we do not give Rahul Dravid enough credit for his captaincy,”  Gambhir said in Star Sports’ Cricket Connected.

“We only talk about Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, now we talk about Virat Kohli. But Rahul Dravid has been a fabulous captain for India as well.”

Rahul Dravid is an underrated leader: Gautam Gambhir

Regarding Rahul Dravid who scored 13288 runs in 164 Tests and 10889 runs in 344 ODIs for India, Gambhir said,

“Even his records, he’s probably the most under-rated cricketer and probably the most under-rated leader as well. We won in England, West Indies, we won some 14 or 15 games on the trot.”

“If you look at Dravid as a cricketer, I think if you asked him to open the batting in Test cricket, he did, he b atted at No 3, he kept wickets for India, he batted as a finisher, he did everything what Indian cricket asked him or what a captain asked him to do and that is the kind of role models you want,”