Ganguly was passionate about his job, Dhoni is a great leader by example: Rahul Dravid

Former captain of one of world’s best No 3 Test batsmen Rahul Dravid on Wednesday said that while Sourav Ganguly was passionate about his job, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a great leader by example. "All the captains had something. The two captains that I played under the longest were Ganguly and Dhoni. Both of them were right for the job at the time they led India," said Dravid, according to a report in The Times Of India.

Dravid, who retired from International cricket in March, was speaking at the launch of 'Timeless Steel', a collection of essays and articles about him, published by Disney and compiled by Espncricinfo.

"Ganguly had a passion for the job. He had a desire to win. He was willing to do whatever it took to win. Dhoni had probably a more mature team. He is a great leader by example. Someone whom I have always admired for his ability to remain balanced and have the sense of equanimity about his captaincy," he said, according to a report in The Indian Express.

Dravid said he loved reading books. "Reading was a way to escape because I thought about cricket a lot. And in books I found my release. I hated at the end of the day to talk about cricket with someone else, because I was talking about it with myself all the time. It took a lot of pressure off me," he said.