{"id":12928,"date":"2012-12-19T06:33:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T06:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=12928"},"modified":"2012-12-19T06:33:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T06:33:08","slug":"ms-dhoni-can-be-the-man-to-take-india-forward-as-there-is-no-viable-alternative-in-sight-dravid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=12928","title":{"rendered":"MS Dhoni can be the man to take India forward as there is no viable alternative in sight: Dravid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the man to take the team forward as there is no viable alternative in sight, says a report in <strong>The Indian Express<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment I don&#8217;t really see a viable alternative. I really think Dhoni can be the man to take India forward if he has the energy, passion and the enjoyment to do it. That&#8217;s again the key,\u201d Dravid said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s really going to come down to a lot of these players actually sitting back themselves, once the emotion has gone back, and calmly reassessing where they&#8217;re at, and their roads to the future and the joy and enthusiasm they have to take Indian cricket forward. If Dhoni has it, I believe he is the right man to do it but that&#8217;s really up to him to decide,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>The Times of India<\/strong> report says that Dravid said that Sachin Tendulkar&nbsp;&nbsp; will have to take a call after dispassionate introspection. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s been a huge servant of the game and been fantastic for Indian cricket. He is a great player and this period has been difficult for him. He is a proud man and this would have hurt him. The thing is, people need to have a conversation with him and see what&#8217;s his state of mind, what he&#8217;s thinking and what his plans are. After that conversation, he himself will have to think about a few things because I&#8217;m not sure there are many people who can take the decisions regarding Tendulkar,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he truly believes that, &#8216;Yes, I can be around when India makes these foreign trips, if I can be around in South Africa, New Zealand, England, playing at my best,&#8217; then I think it makes sense for him to back himself and fight it out. If he, at any stage, doubts himself and believes that he can&#8217;t then he&#8217;s got to start thinking about his career, and what&#8217;s the future of Indian cricket as well. So it&#8217;s really going to be up to him,&#8221; Dravid added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the man to take the team forward as there is no viable alternative in sight, says a report in The Indian Express. \u201cAt the moment I don&#8217;t really see a viable alternative. 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