MS Dhoni, the former captain of India, is regarded as the most successful captain in the history of Indian cricket. Having won two ICC World Cups and one champions trophy for the country, MS Dhoni emerged out as one of the greatest captains in the world.
He led the side with disdain and under his leadership, Indian cricket team touched new heights.Under the leadership of MS Dhoni, the Indian cricket team became the number 1 team in the world, occupying the first position in the ICC Test Rankings.
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MS Dhoni had just taken over Test captaincy after Anil Kumble retired in the mid-way through the Border Gavaskar Trophy at home. The test series was also the last series of Sourav Ganguly.
The match was held at Nagpur against Australia, where Indian cricket team asked Australia to chase 381 runs in fourth innings on the fifth day. Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra were the two strike bowlers for India, they both took 7 wickets collectively and ensured that the home team win the series by 2-0.
Well, in the last session when victory was knocking on the doors, MS Dhoni asked Sourav Ganguly to lead the team for one final time. It was Sourav Ganguly who gave MS Dhoni first ever chance and this is how MS Dhoni’s way of respecting Sourav Ganguly. Even after all these years, this moment still remains as one of the most nostalgic moments for all the cricket fans and cricketers.
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Remembering the kind gesture of MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly recalled this moment in the talk show Breakfast with Champions. Narrating the incident, Sourav Ganguly said :
“I was surprised when he said that, I told him you continue but he insisted that I do it, we were going to win the match anyway it was a matter of a couple of overs. I had switched off by then, fifth day of my last Test, it was the end but he said ‘aap kar lo’. I captained for a couple of overs and handed it back to him.”
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Sourav Ganguly is proud of everything MS Dhoni has achieved being the captain of Indian cricket team.Expressing his feelings he said :
“I feel really happy when I see MS because when we started playing cricket not a lot of cricketers got here form the eastern part of India. People thought these places cannot create good players. But both of us captained the team for so long and played so many matches.
I played almost 450 matches when we didn’t have T20 at that time. The other day at Cardiff MS played his 500th match. It feels good coming from a part of India which didn’t produce a lot of players – we were two captains Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni who played and captained really long,”
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Sourav Ganguly was then asked if he had spotted the leadership skills in Dhoni early, he answered :
“I didn’t see the leadership skills in him, it isn’t visible from the outside only happens with time. But I was sure that he had a lot of power in him, he was one of those you look at and think he is courageous.”
Here, have a look at the video of Sourav Ganguly’s last test :
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