World's greatest bowler and Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan has made a big claim regarding the captaincy of MS Dhoni, the former captain of the Indian team. Muralitharan enhanced India's wicket-keeper batsman Mahi for captaincy skills. He said that the best thing about Mahi's captaincy was that he trusted the bowler and gave them the freedom to set its own territory.
While chatting live with Team India off-spinner R Ashwin, Muttiah Muralitharan said, "I would like to say that Mahi was a young captain. It was in the 2007 World Cup and he captained India and won. He would have known it was that if the bowler was not able to work, then he would have given that bowler a chance to set the fielding himself." Muralitharan, who played under Mahi's captaincy in the IPL for CSK, has said that if a bowler falls for a good ball, then Mahi claps.
He said in this case, "If someone hits a six with a good ball, then Mahi will clap. He will tell the bowler that it is a good ball and that there is no effect that the batsman has hit you six. Among the batsmen he also has the talent to hit." Muralitharan, who took 40 wickets while playing under Mahi in 3 seasons of IPL between 2008 and 2010, said that Dhoni takes the bowler alone to tell him what he is going to do. To which he says- "He has the ability to think peacefully. That is why Mahi has become such a good leader. When Mahi was younger, he used to listen to advice. He would listen to people and then he would take the final decision. He used to do the same captaincy. "
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