Lavishing praise on Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has shocked the cricket world by retiring from Tests, former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid said the stumper-batsman would go down as a captain who led "more by example than by rhetoric or by words".
"He was a captain I enjoyed playing under," Dravid told 'ESPNcricinfo'.
"One of the things I liked about MS was, what you saw was what you got. Very uncomplicated, always led by example. One of the things I really liked about playing under MS was that he never asked you to do anything that he himself didn't do," he explained.
Continuing without the burden of captaincy would have allowed Dhoni to play more freely. (File Photo)
Dhoni retired from Test cricket at the end of the third Test against Australia, which ended in a draw yesterday. The retirement was a bolt from the blue given that Dhoni had dropped no hint of such a big decision leading up to the match.
Dravid said Dhoni earned the respect of his teammates by setting an example with his own performance.
"The reality was he was having to transition a senior group of players and build a younger group who were coming through," Dravid said.
"In a sense he was not the most communicative of captains, but he tried to earn your respect by walking the talk. He never took a backward step, and led more by example than by rhetoric or by words. More by actions," he added.
No sooner had MS Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket, the cricket world went abuzz on Twitter with the sudden news. While some were surprised, others paid tribute to the former Test captain's career. Fans, experts and players shared their first reactions only on Twitter.
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