5 Captaincy things Ajinkya Rahane must have learnt from Dhoni

5 Captaincy things Ajinkya Rahane must have learnt from Dhoni: Ajinkya Rahane has been named as the skipper of the Indian team for the upcoming series against Zimbabwe where India will be playing 3 ODIs followed by 2 T20Is. Rahane will be leading the side for the first time and surely we are to witness a new side of this dependable batsmen. Ever since his debut, Rahane has played under the leadership of MS Dhoni and must have watched him keenly taking control of the side and the game. So, in this article we are to summarize upon the 5 Captaincy things Ajinkya Rahane must have learnt from Dhoni: 1. Switching the bowlers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar. (© Getty Images) Well, we are all pretty much aware of the great tricks used by Dhoni in his captaincy. We have seen Ashwin opening the bowling for India in the shorter formats and we have seen how effective his bowling changes were! Bowlers like Raina and Jadeja have always been utilized perfectly and have brought in breakthroughs for the team. Rahane must surely have grabbed some of the tricks from the skipper in this regard. 2. Field Placements: Ajinkya Rahane. (© Getty Images) “Dhoni should write a book on field placing after his retirement” – This was what Sourav Ganguly had to say owing to Dhoni’s revolutionary field setups. Dhoni was a master of unorthodox field setting and they were seldom fruitful for the team. Rahane being one of the members of the field, has the first hand experience and would have absorbed the way Dhoni thinks and alters the placements and he might certainly want to just use a few of those. 3. Calmness: MS Dhoni Ajinkya Rahane. (Photo Source: PTI) Dhoni has been regarded as perhaps one of the coolest contenders of the game and has been often referred to as Captain Cool. He has been quite less emotional and keeps his calm even under the most pressurizing situations. This is another reason which made him even more successful. Dhoni has the tendency to hold his nerves and has always backed himself and boys in the regard. Rahane could surely take these as footsteps for being a tremendous captain. 4. Foreseeing the game: Ajinkya Rahane. (Photo Source: ICC) It is a saying in cricket that the captain has to be a few overs ahead of the game. Dhoni was quite much similar. He could foresee situations and made adjustments according to that and quite often it did pay off for India. He even managed to read batsman’s mind and would suggest the bowlers which ball to bowl. On that note, Dhoni set up fields and batsmen ended up giving catch to the same positions. This is just an X-factor of the skipper and surely Rahane must have learnt some tokens about it. 5. Faith in the players: Ajinkya Rahane. (© Getty Images) Dhoni has tremendous faith upon his players and this can be proved from the fact that the playing XI in the Indian team remain pretty much consistent during a series. It is such kind of faith which you need to instill upon the players to extract the best out of them and Dhoni is a master of the business. Captaining a young bunch of talented cricketers, Rahane needs to have faith upon his players and that is how they can be successful and in the process, India can be successful under his leadership. Also Read – 5 Indian Players who can make it big on the Zimbabwe tour