Captaincy,a dream come true: Gambhir

Handed over the responsibility of captaining India in the first two ODIs against New Zealand in Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s absence,opener Gautam Gambhir today said leading the national team in the upcoming series is a dream-come-true moment in his career.

Gambhir was yesterday named captain of India’s ODI team for the first two ODIs against New Zealand after the selectors decided to rest five senior players,including regular skipper Dhoni.

“It’s a dream-come-true moment for any player to lead his country. I am obviously excited about it and hopefully we would do well,” Gambhir told reporters after the second day’s play in the third and final Test between India and New Zealand.

Asked whether his concept and visualisation about captaincy is different from Dhoni,he said,”I know that there are ups and downs in captaincy.