Some incidents have been recalled by Sachin Tendulkar about MS Dhoni, the former Indian captain when he was new in the team. Sachin recalled the day when he saw Dhoni for the first time and also explained why he recommended his name for captaincy in 2007.
A First Impression
He first saw Dhoni during the Bangladesh tour in 2003-04, Sachin recalled.
“I saw him for the first time in Bangladesh. He ended up playing one or two shots in a match. The kind of sound I heard from his bat, I immediately turned towards Sourav (Ganguly) who was baiting me and said: “The sound of the bat, dada is something different.” When he hits the ball, there is something different. Sachin Tendulkar said on Jio Insider.
“Big hitters have this trait and when they add it, it’s going to go farther than you would think, but it’s going to go 10 yards. He said I saw that quality in his batting.
A shy MS Dhoni
Sachin remembered an incident when for the first time he came to know why MS Dhoni never sat next to him in the plane.
“Some players told me, Sachin said laughing, that their seat is next to them on the flight most of the time but they will swap it with other players.”
Later we started sitting next to each other. I didn’t know that he was so shy and used to change his seat because of this.
The captaincy
When BCCI offered him the captaincy in 2007, why did they recommend MS Dhoni’s name for the captaincy?
(Right) It was Sachin Tendulkar who recommended MS Dhoni’s name for the captaincy of India in 2007. (Right) It was Sachin Tendulkar who recommended MS Dhoni for the captaincy of India in 2007.
“My observation about MS Dhoni was very good. His mind is very stable, he is intuitive, he is calm, and takes the right decisions. I recommended him for captaincy.”
In IPL 2024 Dhoni’s first outing
Mahendra Singh Dhoni left the captaincy of Super Kings (CSK) and gave it to Chennai from the new IPL season and Ruturaj Gaikwad has been made the new captain. Defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore started the season with an impressive six-wicket win.
Although CSK didn’t need Dhoni’s batting, the former captain still looked sharp behind the wicket, taking two catches with an underarm throw to Anuj Rawat, getting run out and making very active decisions.