4 Indian cricketers who could have been great captains

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Gambhir had all the ingredients to be a good captain

#2 Ajay Jadeja

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Jadeja was a street-smart cricketer

Jadeja was a street-smart cricketer who was known for his great cricketing acumen. one can still sense that microscopic viewpoint that he has towards the game when he is commenting on the game.

There were two major reasons due to which he could never be a regular Indian captain - He was never a certainty in the Indian Test side. He played most of his cricket during 1990's and during that era having separate captains for separate formats was not a norm Azharuddin and Tendulkar were the regular captains during the time he played with the Indian team.

Post Tendulkar, he could have got an opportunity, but, by that time he was embroiled in the match-fixing saga which resulted in an abrupt end to his international career.

Jadeja off and on led India in 13 ODIs, out of which India won 8.

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