Sachin Tendulkar and Greg Chappell were the reasons Yuvraj Singh didn’t become the captain of Team India: Yuvraj Singh mentioned that he was suddenly removed as vice-captain, and at that time, Virender Sehwag was not in the team. Then, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was made the captain for the T20 World Cup in 2007.
Sachin Tendulkar and Greg Chappell were the reasons Yuvraj Singh didn’t become the captain of Team India
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Why was Mahendra Singh Dhoni made the captain of Team India? Despite having senior players like Yuvraj Singh while Dhoni was relatively junior in that team, which boasted players like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman. Instead of Yuvraj Singh, why was Mahendra Singh Dhoni chosen as the captain? Yuvraj Singh has spoken about this. In a conversation with former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar, Yuvraj Singh revealed that Dhoni was chosen as the captain due to Sachin Tendulkar and Greg Chappell, which prevented him from becoming the captain of Team India.
“I stood by my teammates, for which I faced consequences.”
Yuvraj Singh stated that he stood alongside his teammates and faced the consequences. Apart from that, I didn’t receive any attention from several BCCI officials. However, Yuvraj clearly stated that he doesn’t regret not becoming the captain. He believes his stance was clear. If he had to do it again, he would stand by his decisions without any regrets or remorse.”
Yuvraj wanted that I should become the captain
Sanjay Manjrekar asked Yuvraj if he didn’t desire to become the captain of Team India. In response to this question, Yuvraj said, I did have the desire to become the captain… I felt I would be the captain, but when the controversy with Greg Chappell happened, I had two options, to support Greg Chappell or my teammates… I stood by my teammates. But many officials from the BCCI didn’t like my decision. After that, they said they could make anyone except me the captain. That’s what I heard… I don’t know how much truth there is in these things.
Then Dhoni was made the captain for T20 World Cup 2007.
Yuvraj Singh mentioned that he was suddenly removed as vice-captain, and at that time, Virender Sehwag was not in the team. Then, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was made the captain for the T20 World Cup 2007. I feel the decision went against me at that time. However, I have no regrets. If similar circumstances arise again today, I would do the same, stand by my teammates once again.
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