5 famous coach-captain relationships in cricket

#1 Gary Kirsten and MS Dhoni

Gary Kirsten and MS Dhoni

Perhaps one of the most, if not the most, famous Coach-Captain relationship in Indian Cricket is that of Gary Kirsten and MS Dhoni. Being similar to John Wright in nature, Gary formed an amicable bond with Dhoni.

Coaching and captaining the Indian Cricket Team is no joke as the expectations from the fans are always sky-high. After an initially challenging period where they had to face unfavourable results, the duo turned the tide with consecutive series wins against Australia, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

They even led India to its first ICC Test Championship mace when they achieved the world number one rank in tests in 2009. Gary is widely hailed by many Indian players for improving their batting performances and motivating them to give their best on the field. In fact, Dhoni even described Kirsten as the best thing to happen to Indian Cricket.

After the 2007 World Cup debacle, there was a lot of pressure on team India going into the 2011 World Cup which was being played at home. The expectations were high and the team had to deliver. Eventually, the 2011 World Cup turned out to be the highlight of both Kirsten and Dhoni’s professional career where they led the Indian team to a famous World Cup win after 28 years.