There are not many better men to talk about this transition than the Indian team's head coach Anil Kumble, the last man to lead Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a Test cricketer
Anil Kumble, MS Dhoni
India head coach Anil Kumble
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Pune: Indian cricket began another transition phase in the middle of their tour of Australia in 2014-15 when MS Dhoni retired from Test cricket in the middle of the series.
The second phase of that transition begins on Sunday when Virat Kohli leads India against England for the first time as the official captain in all formats, in the first of the three-match ODI series here.
MS Dhoni
There are not many better men to talk about this transition than the Indian team's head coach Anil Kumble, the last man to lead Dhoni as a Test cricketer.
"The first phase was probably easy for me because I was old and it was easy for me to say, 'here MS, take over'. I thought it was the right time for me to leave because MS was ready to take over the Test captaincy. He had just won the T20 World Cup and then the one-day format in Australia for the first time in a triangular series.
"He had done all the right things and I felt it was the right time for me," Kumble said yesterday. "From 2007 to 2017, I mean 10 years as captain is phenomenal. It goes to show the capabilities of MS as a leader," Kumble added. One of the major challenge for Dhoni during his early days as captain was handling the seniors in the team, and then getting on without them at a later stage. Kumble felt Dhoni handled those issues really well. "He achieved so much during the transition phase and also when the seniors left as well. It's not easy just coming into a team as captain and then having so many senior players. He managed them really well. He did not just get the best out of them, but also got the best from the team. India will look to beat England in the forthcoming ODI and T20 series after their 4-0 Test series win.
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