Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni avoided questions over split captaincy theory as suggested by former greats after his team's humiliating defeat, says a report in The Indian Express.
"Your question on my view about split captaincy is good but let's stick to T20 format as we have a T20 game tomorrow," Dhoni said.
“Before the start of an important series, I don't want to comment on that. Because when it comes to Indian cricket, if it's not going the right way, questions pop up about captaincy, senior players, junior players, the kind of talent we have got, the bench strength we have got. Everything will pop up and if you keep answering, I think we will be short of time,” he said.
Dhoni added, “No point looking too much into the past. That I have always said, whether you do well or do badly, it is important to stick to the present and the coming format is very different. Let's stick to it. It's a completely different format, so I don't think there's any point carrying anything from the Test series. It's a very different format altogether.”
Meanwhile, The Times of India report says that Dhoni saw some positives from the series loss against England.
"It was disappointing that we did not win the series and also after a long period at home. But in the last Test match (at Nagpur) we did pretty well. The wicket was quite flat. Still there were plenty of positives (from the series). Youngsters like Cheteshwar Pujara, who I think is the future for us along with Virat Kohli, did well. You saw the bowlers did well, especially the spinners, when there was not much assistance from the wicket.”
On the rankings, Dhoni said, “We are never bothered about the rankings. If we do well on the field the rankings take care of themselves. It's like I am repeating myself but that's what I have always said."