Kapil Dev hails MS Dhoni's Test retirement timing

Kolkata Saluting his decision to retire from Test cricket former India captain Kapil Dev today said Mahendra Singh Dhoni has given everybody including thechairgreedy administrators a food for thought with his bold stepKapil DevYou could have easily played 100 Tests We could not do it what you have done by saying goodbye Ive done my best and let the next generation come out Thats why I say Dhoni well done youre my man Kapil Dev said during his address at the 4th Tiger Pataudi Memorial Lecture organised by The TelegraphDhoni youre a great guy You have served the country so well He has done a good thing A lot of people said he should have played at least 100 Tests I think he has given us a new thought You dont have to play throughout your life You should retire when you think the next generation is coming he saidQuoting Aussie great Greg Chappell he further said He had said one thing which I admire Any cricketer who plays longer than his time kills the next three generation Its a thought I truly admire Taking a dig at the cricket administrators Kapil Dev said I hope in cricket the administration people will learnfrom it and not stick to their chairs for 30 years or lifetimeKapil also wished Dhoni and team all the best for their World Cup title defence in AustraliaNew Zealand next month I wish you another victory I hope you play well and dont let it go It comes every four years Its painful to wait for another four years Recollecting their 1983 triumph the ace Indian allrounder said I feel very proud and happy I was a part of the 1983 team Forget about captaincy but a part of the process we started in our countryIts the self belief about achieving something in sport not just cricket We started believing that we can achieve and thats the best thing to have happened in1983 My team is your team as well Kapil Dev also urged the BCCI to appoint different captains in the longer and shorter versions of the gameEvery Test player cant be a good captain in T20 And every T20 captain is definitely not good enough to lead a Test side Its very difficult because in Tests you need thinking I hope my country and the cricket board will have the sense to have two or three different captains It will help our game He was also of the opinion that in future cricket may see nonplaying captainI think a time will come when you will have nonplaying captain who can assess the game much better Technology is changing so fast Man management is required in cricket and coach can be a senior cricketer Now cricket has changed so much In cricket one thing is good everybody is an expert and I feel thats why the sportis so popular Everybody is a selector in our country and gives his opinionKapil also remembered his former captains Bishan Singh Bedi and Sunil Gavaskar and the lessons he learnt from them My first captain was Bishan Singh Bedi who had a very big heart very typical Sardarji and played with passion My second captain was Sunil Gavaskar He didnt have a big heart but he had big thinkingSo I told myself I would like to be like Bedi off the field and like Gavaskar on the field You maybe an inborn leader but you can still learn from different individuals Thats the way I look at captaincy Paying glowing tribute to Pataudi he said Certain people dont go Hes the best cricketer we had had and we areproud of him He has given us a new thinking Lot of people followed him including myself