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  Ponting optimistic about Pant's leadership skills ahead of his Test captaincy debut in Guwahati

  Cricket | November 21, 2025 23:46 IST

  Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will be standing in as India’s captain for the second and final Test against South Africa in Shubman Gill’s absence. Pant, who has led India before in the T20Is and a couple of teams in the IPL, will be leading the Test team for the first time in his career.

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  Nathan Lyon open to Australia Test vice-captaincy

  Cricket | June 07, 2018 17:16 IST

  Following the infamous ball-tampering saga that rocked Australian cricket earlier this year, Australia have named Tim Paine as the skipper of the national side but are yet to name his deputy in the traditional format of the game.

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  Kohli will grow into captaincy role: Sourav Ganguly

  Cricket | January 11, 2015 16:32 IST

  Sydney: The comparisons will be inevitable but former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly today said it is unfair to equate the leadership skills of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and newly-appointed Test captain Virat Kohli, who will only

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  Dhoni may return home before India's final Test against Australia

  Cricket | January 01, 2015 13:15 IST

  Sydney: According to a report, Sydney Morning Herald speculated that Dhoni may not be in Sydney to see the baton formally passed to Virat Kohli with India contemplating sending the former Test captain home before

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  Ganguly says Dhoni's Test captaincy "obnoxious"

  Cricket | February 20, 2014 12:47 IST

  New Delhi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Test captaincy has come under severe criticism from former skipper Sourav Ganguly who described his leadership as "obnoxious" following India's humiliating series defeat against New Zealand.     Ganguly, one of India's