The last one can recall a bowler leading an Indian side was Srinivas Venkataraghavn the lanky off spinner from Tamil Nadu. Although Kapil was also a bowler who lead India but he was more of an all rounder then only a bowler. Then there was the controversial Bishen Singh Bedi who lead India and who will never forget his disaster performance when he toured Pakistan. Both Venkat and Bedi could never lead from the front. In the case of Venkat he was axed as the captain in the most unceremonious manner. After his tour of England when the team was returning the air hostess in the flight announced the news of Venkat dropped as captain.
Dhoni has so far managed to lead well in the shorter version of the game. Here I agree with Ravi Shastri that it will be a huge blunder to burden him at a time when Indian cricket is trying to come back to stability after the world cup fiasco.
We must also realise that the game of cricket has produced some great bowlers as match winning captains. Richie Benaud and Ray illingworth is what comes to mind with ease. Benaud of course was undoubtedly the most smartest and shrewed est captain that Australia had. Intikab Alam was another great bowler who lead Pakistan for some time but not so successful.
In Anil Kumble we have a warhorse with abundance experience. His last and only test century against England in England has raised his confidence and that must have prompted the selectors to handover the captaincy baton to Jumbo as he is popularly called by this team mates. While the series against Pakistan may be easy in our land but with the Kangaroos playing in their land would be a daunting task .
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