{"id":8196,"date":"2012-07-05T06:26:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T06:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8196"},"modified":"2012-07-05T06:26:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T06:26:34","slug":"ganguly-was-passionate-about-his-job-dhoni-is-a-great-leader-by-example-rahul-dravid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8196","title":{"rendered":"Ganguly was passionate about his job, Dhoni is a great leader by example: Rahul Dravid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former captain of one of world\u2019s best No 3 Test batsmen Rahul Dravid on Wednesday said that while Sourav Ganguly was passionate about his job, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a great leader by example. &#8220;All the captains had something. The two captains that I played under the longest were Ganguly and Dhoni. 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