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Players who got the support of Captain MS Dhoni in their careers
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Suresh Raina was a great player under Dhoni’s captaincy. But when Dhoni left his captaincy, Raina was dropped out from the team after a few bad performances. This didn’t happen when Dhoni was the captain of Team India. Dhoni wisely used Raina as a batsman and a part-time bowler
Mahi recognized Raina’s talent as an all-rounder and gave him consistent opportunities!
In the early stages of his career, Rohit Sharma was not in the good frame of the selectors. Batting at the number 5 and 6 positions in the middle order, he was constantly in and out of the team. But then,ms Dhoni showed his faith in him.
After losing Gambhir and Sehwag to poor forms in the ODI team, Dhoni asked Rohit to open the innings in the ICC Champion Trophy 2013
& Then rest is history
& Then rest is history
"Dhoni will always be the person, who guided me initially and gave me opportunities. He gave me ample time and space to grow as a cricketer, saved me from getting dropped from the team many a times," Kohli said on 'bcci tv', paying tribute to Dhoni
& Virender Sehwag in a interview revealed that "The selectors wanted to play Rohit Sharma instead of Kohli at Perth in 2012,I was the vice-captain and Dhoni was leading the team and we decided that we have to back Kohli"
The rest is history
The rest is history
Ishant Sharma had a dream start to his career. The tour to Australia in 2008 announced his arrival to international cricket with a bang
But as years rolled by, Sharma soon lost his rhythm. His economy rate was deeply hurt and wickets had also dried up.
But as years rolled by, Sharma soon lost his rhythm. His economy rate was deeply hurt and wickets had also dried up.
Selectors even dropped him a few times It was Dhoni who showed his confidence in Ishant continuously and gave him a place in India’s Test team!
& Now Ishant Sharma is currently India’s most experienced fast bowler in Test matches
& Now Ishant Sharma is currently India’s most experienced fast bowler in Test matches
Ravindra Jadeja has always impressed the audience with his bowling in white-ball cricket but his batting was very poor at the International level. It was becoming difficult to keep Jadeja in the team just as the spin bowler.
But Dhoni showed confidence in him and gave Jaddu the role of a spin bowling all-rounder in the team. Due to this, the pressure to perform as an all-rounder was reduced, and Jadeja improved as a cricketer & jadeja also said that
"If you want to learn batting, bat with MS Dhoni,”
"If you want to learn batting, bat with MS Dhoni,”
When Shikhar Dhawan started his career, he soon became a part of the Indian team in all three formats. However, he wasn't able to do justice to his role in Test cricket. Even then, Dhawan was extensively backed by Dhoni in the limited-overs formats!
Dhawan was always the first choice for the opening batsman for Team India. But after Mahi left his captaincy, Dhawan’s place in India’s test team is still unstable!
After having a amazing ranji season,He did attract the selectors with few good innings but could not fulfill the expectations of the management.
That is when MS Dhoni backed Pujara and saved him from getting dropped.
That is when MS Dhoni backed Pujara and saved him from getting dropped.
Dhoni saw ability of Rahul Dravid in pujara and thus wanted him in his team. To be fair enough, MS Dhoni regarded him as a pure Test match player and never considered him for the limited overs squad.
& Now he is the backbone of Indian test team!
& Now he is the backbone of Indian test team!
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