Foreign captains struggle in the IPL
While Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist mat have led their sides to the title, Subhash Rajta feels that, in general, foreign captains have struggled in the IPL
Nitin Sundar
25-Feb-2013
While Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist mat have led their sides to the title, Subhash Rajta feels that, in general, foreign captains have struggled in the IPL. At a point when the bottom three teams in the league table are the ones being led by overseas captains, he digs deeper in the Hindustan Times.
Pietersen points out a pattern that could help solve the riddle. “The successful foreign captains - Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist - are retired internationals. The current foreign internationals leading the sides have struggled. It’s tough for them to lead,” he said. The Royal Challengers player draws upon his experience to elaborate. “I found captaincy very tough last year. I didn’t even know the names of quite a few local players and couldn’t understand them much. It affected my batting as well and I think Sangakkara is facing the same problem,” said Pietersen.
Nitin Sundar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo