Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s name is everywhere not only in India but in the whole world when he speaks of a great wicketkeeper and captain. Dhoni has made many unbelievable feats with the speed and the bat behind the wicket. Dhoni is the only player to have won all three ICC awards as captain. Former India wicketkeeper and chief selector Kiran More shared a funny anecdote about Dhoni. He said he had to persuade Sourav Ganguly for 10 days to include Dhoni as the wicketkeeper.

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Speaking on the YouTube channel ‘The Curly and Karisma Show’, he said: ‘The format was changing at the time, so we needed a power hitter batsman. When batting in sixth and seventh place, the team needed a 40 to 50 runner up. Rahul Dravid has played 75 ODIs as a wicketkeeper batsman. He played the 2003 World Cup in the same role. So we were looking for a wicketkeeper because we wanted to reduce their burden.

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He said, ‘A friend of mine saw Dhoni and then I went to see his game. At that time I caught the flight to see Dhoni’s game. Dhoni’s entire team scored 170 runs in which he scored only 130 runs. Here he runs against almost all bowlers. That is why we wanted Dhoni to be the hero in the final. He explains, ‘Deep Dasgupta was playing wicketkeeping from the East Zone at the time. In such a situation, Dhoni had to persuade Ganguly and Deep Dasgupta for 10 days to keep the wicket in his place.