BCCI Former President finally Reveals the truth Why Rahul Dravid Decided to Step Down from Captaincy

Former BCCI president and renowned politician Sharad Pawar has revealed Why Rahul Dravid Decided to Step Down from Captaincy. How former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni got the charge of the Indian cricket team back in 2007.

He said that Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar suggested Dhoni’s name for India’s captaincy. Before Dhoni, Rahul Dravid was leading the Indian team but he told Pawar that he doesn’t want to remain the captain during 2007 England Test series.

Pawar reveals that Dravid said that the captaincy responsibility was affecting his batting. “I remember India had gone to England in 2007. At that time, Rahul Dravid was the captain. I was there in England then and Dravid came to meet me. He told me how he no longer wanted to lead India. He told me how the captaincy was affecting his batting. He told me that he should be relieved from the captaincy,” said Pawar while addressing a public meeting.

The former BCCI president also said that not Dhoni but Sachin Tendulkar was the first choice to lead the Indian team but the Master Blaster refused the role. “I then asked Sachin Tendulkar to lead the side, but he refused the role,” he added. Pawar reveals it was Sachin himself who suggested Dhoni’s name and said he is the one who can lead the Indian team.

“I told Sachin that if both of you and Dravid do not want to lead the side, how will we go about things? Then Sachin told me that we have one more player in the country who could lead the side and his name is none other than MS Dhoni.  After that, we gave the leadership to Dhoni,” he added.