” He (Sachin Tendulkar) was of the view that at present the Indian team was doing extremely well and the Board must think of appointing a younger person as the captain looking at the future of the team,” BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah

” It (Test captaincy) will put him (MS Dhoni) under a lot of pressure. In future he may do it but not at this moment. He has a lot of talent but I think he is not ready for this responsibility now,”Former cricketer Ravi Shastri.

” The decision (to drop Rahul Dravid) was quite shocking. You don't drop players, let alone somebody like Rahul, for not performing in three-four matches,” Former cricketer Ajay Jadeja.