Tendulkar declines Test captaincy
Sachin Tendulkar declined to be the captain of India's Test team, sources close to BCCI said.
By INDIATIMES CRICKET |
NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar declined to be the captain of India's Test team, sources close to BCCI said.
According to the sources, Sachin Tendulkar had cited personal reasons for not accepting the BCCI proposal for the coveted post. Dhoni is now the frontrunner for the post.
The experienced batsman had been widely tipped to take over the Test role for the upcoming series against Pakistan and Australia.
Tendulkar served two stints as captain between 1996 and 2000 before he voluntarily quit in March 2000 saying he wanted to concentrate on his batting.
Under him, India won four of 25 Tests with nine losses and 13 draws. The Kolkata-based Telegraph newspaper on Tuesday quoted unnamed cricket board sources as saying that Tendulkar had declined to become captain and the selectors were set to pick Dhoni for the Tests.
Tendulkar, a 17-year veteran at the highest level, has 11,150 runs in 140 Tests at 54.92 with a world record 37 centuries.
The selection committee is scheduled to meet in Mohali on Thursday to pick a successor to Rahul Dravid, who unexpectedly stepped down in September for unspecified reasons.
MS Dhoni, 26, led a young Indian team - missing Dravid, Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly -- to victory in the inaugural world Twenty20 championships in South Africa.
The popular wicketkeeper-batsman was also named One-day captain.
India hosts Pakistan for three Tests starting later this month and plays four Tests in Australia from December before another home series against South Africa in March.
According to the sources, Sachin Tendulkar had cited personal reasons for not accepting the BCCI proposal for the coveted post. Dhoni is now the frontrunner for the post.
The experienced batsman had been widely tipped to take over the Test role for the upcoming series against Pakistan and Australia.
Tendulkar served two stints as captain between 1996 and 2000 before he voluntarily quit in March 2000 saying he wanted to concentrate on his batting.
Under him, India won four of 25 Tests with nine losses and 13 draws. The Kolkata-based Telegraph newspaper on Tuesday quoted unnamed cricket board sources as saying that Tendulkar had declined to become captain and the selectors were set to pick Dhoni for the Tests.
Tendulkar, a 17-year veteran at the highest level, has 11,150 runs in 140 Tests at 54.92 with a world record 37 centuries.
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The selection committee is scheduled to meet in Mohali on Thursday to pick a successor to Rahul Dravid, who unexpectedly stepped down in September for unspecified reasons.
MS Dhoni, 26, led a young Indian team - missing Dravid, Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly -- to victory in the inaugural world Twenty20 championships in South Africa.
The popular wicketkeeper-batsman was also named One-day captain.
India hosts Pakistan for three Tests starting later this month and plays four Tests in Australia from December before another home series against South Africa in March.
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