During his appearance on WV Raman’s podcast Inside Out, Kiran More talked about MS Dhoni in detail. He discussed how Dhoni’s captaincy influenced other cricket teams and also revealed why he selected Dhoni for the Indian cricket team 16 years ago.
Speaking of MS Dhoni’s captaincy, More pointed out that the other cricketing nations saw the difference in results after handing over the reins to a keeper. Countries like South Africa and Pakistan preferred having a wicket-keeper as their skipper after seeing how well Dhoni performed as captain.
It is pertinent to note that the Indian cricket team won the T20 World Cup, the Cricket World Cup, and the ICC Champions Trophy under Dhoni’s leadership. The team also attained the number 1 position in the ICC Test rankings.
MS Dhoni was a complete package and took Indian cricket by storm: Kiran More
Kiran More was the head of the selection committee when MS Dhoni made his international debut. The Indian cricket team already had Rahul Dravid as a dependable wicket-keeper batsman, but the selectors wished to rest him at the time.
They looked for alternate options and selected MS Dhoni because of his brilliant performances for India A.
The 58-year-old from Gujarat added that the squad had aggressive batsmen like Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh, but Dhoni was the complete package and took Indian cricket by storm.
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