Kapil Dev backs Dhoni on having turners for home series

September 9, 2012

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Hyderabad, September 9: Kapil Dev said on Saturday that he supported captain MS Dhoni's views on dishing out turning tracks at home for Test matches. Before the series against New Zealand, Dhoni had made it clear that he would prefer host associations to dish out spinning tracks to fluster teams like Australia and England, who prepare bouncy tracks at home.

Backing Dhoni's point of view, Kapil said, "I think the team management knows what is best for them. Winning is the most important thing. It doesn't matter if you play on a turning track or not."

The 1983 World Cup-winning captain also said that though he had been welcomed back into the BCCI fold, he wasn't really keen on taking up any post with the cricket board. "I have a business and am very happy with it. I am not keen on any post in BCCI even if they offer me something," he said.

Kapil also said the retirements of VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid would not prove to be an insurmountable problem for the team. "I don't think this is a big problem. It's just a feeling that some individuals are irreplaceable. And this feeling was there in every generation but history tells us that we overcame that. Now also we will see through this phase. We have good replacements for all the slots," he said.

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