"I will pick Dhoni for the Champions Trophy however he needs to score runs," Ganguly said.

"I will pick Dhoni for the Champions Trophy however he needs to score runs," Ganguly said.

Previous India commander Sourav Ganguly has brought up issues over MS Dhoni's Twenty20 batting certifications, taking after a poor begin to the IPL for the last mentioned. Ganguly trusts the 2011 World Cup-winning commander is outstanding in the 50-over organization however figures his record in T20s is not the best.

"I am not very beyond any doubt if Dhoni is a decent T20 player. He is a champion ODI player yet with regards to T20 cricket, in 10 years, he has got one fifty and that is not the best record," Ganguly revealed to India Today.

While Dhoni's T20I numbers (one fifty in since presentation in 2006) compliment to cheat, he has had steady accomplishment in the IPL. Dhoni has amassed 16 half-hundreds of years crosswise over nine seasons - scoring no less than one in each of them.

The pave the way to the progressing period of the IPL saw Rising Pune Supergiant make a disagreeable move of supplanting Dhoni with Steve Smith as commander. While Dhoni didn't make a get worked up about that call and played along, his poor returns in the initial three apparatuses - 12 not out, 5 and 11 - have incited Ganguly to make such a stern appraisal. The 44-year-old in any case, expressed that India's best skipper ought to be considered for the up and coming Champions Trophy in England from June.

"I will pick Dhoni for the Champions Trophy however he needs to score runs," Ganguly said.


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