Gavaskar: Captain must perform

MS Dhoni will need to play well in order to keep the respect that he commands from his teammates intact, feels former India captain Sunil Gavaskar.

The legendary opener who is in England as a commentator for ESPN STAR Sports also feels that a captain does himself a world of good if he addresses his batting and wicketkeeping problems at the earliest for his team's sake.

"The moment the captain's performance starts to fall, that's when he starts losing command and respect in the dressing room and that's where he needs to look at not just his batting but also his keeping," Gavaskar said.

Dhoni's poor captaincy, shoddy glovework and attrocious batting have been key to India`s disastrous show during the first two Test matches.

Dhoni has so far scored 49 runs in four innings with a highest score of 28 and an average of 12.50.

The worst part has been his keeping as on innumerable occasions he has failed to cleanly gather regulation deliveries.