5 Indian Cricketers Who Had Leadership Skills but Never Got Chance to Led India

5 great cricketers who, despite their remarkable leadership qualities, never had the opportunity to captain the Indian national team.

It is the dream of every cricketer of India that he should definitely play cricket for his country once and also captain Team India. Apart from this, he earned a lot of fame by winning matches all over the world as the captain of India. But there are also 5 great cricketers who have been so unlucky that they could never become the full-time captain of India. Let’s take a look at 5 such great cricketers.

5 Talented Indian Cricketers Never Became Captain of Indian Cricket Team

1. Yuvraj Singh

5 Indian Cricketers Who Had Leadership Skills but Never Got Chance to Led India

Yuvraj Singh had all the qualities to become a captain, but despite this he could never become the captain of India. Yuvraj Singh single-handedly won the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup titles for India. Yuvraj Singh has been one of India’s star batsmen. In the 2007 T20 World Cup, Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes on 6 balls in England bowler Stuart Broad’s over.

2. Zaheer Khan

5 Indian Cricketers Who Had Leadership Skills but Never Got Chance to Led India

India’s legendary fast bowler Zaheer Khan has never been able to become the captain of Team India. Zaheer Khan has taken 610 wickets in international cricket. Zaheer Khan retired from international cricket on 15 October 2015. Zaheer Khan had a 14-year long international cricket career. Zaheer Khan has taken 311 wickets in 92 Test matches and 282 wickets in 200 ODI matches. Zaheer Khan has taken 17 wickets in 17 T20 International matches and 102 wickets in 100 IPL matches.

3. Harbhajan Singh

5 Indian Cricketers Who Had Leadership Skills but Never Got Chance to Led India

India’s legendary off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has never been able to become the captain of Team India. Harbhajan Singh has taken 711 wickets in international cricket. Harbhajan Singh has also captained a big team like Mumbai Indians in IPL. Under the captaincy of Harbhajan Singh, the Mumbai Indians team has also won the Champions League T20 title.

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4. VVS Laxman

5 Indian Cricketers Who Had Leadership Skills but Never Got Chance to Led India

Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman has never been able to become the captain of Team India. VVS Laxman has scored 11,119 runs in international cricket. VVS Laxman is one of the most stylish batsmen in the history of the game. VVS Laxman played 134 Tests for India in 16 years, where he played many marathon innings. Laxman was brilliant in Tests, but his ODI career never progressed. VVS Laxman had a good chance to be included in the 2003 World Cup team, but he was ignored.

5. Ravichandran Ashwin

5 Indian Cricketers Who Had Leadership Skills but Never Got Chance to Led India

India’s veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has experience of captaining in IPL, but he has not yet become the captain of Team India. Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 744 wickets in international cricket. Ravichandran Ashwin deserved to be the captain of Team India, but he was never given this opportunity. He was seen captaining Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League.

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