{"id":1018,"date":"2020-07-07T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=21411"},"modified":"2020-07-07T17:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T11:54:00","slug":"dhonis-39th-birthday-ganguly-believed-ms-to-bat-as-he-was-destructive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/dhonis-39th-birthday-ganguly-believed-ms-to-bat-as-he-was-destructive\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhoni\u2019s 39th birthday Ganguly believed MS to bat as he was destructive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dhoni\u2019s 39th birthday Ganguly believed MS to bat as he was destructive. Sourav Ganguly is the man responsible for giving Indian cricket MS Dhoni. When selectors were in a fix regarding which wicket keeper to pick for India\u2019s 2004 odi series against Bangladesh. However, it was Dada\u2019s nod for Dhoni that paved the way for his debut. It was under Ganguly that Dhoni got his first break \u2013 a batting promotion \u2013 and he ensured the opportunity was not wasted by smashing a prolific 148 against Pakistan in just his fifth innings.<\/p>\n<p>15 years later, Ganguly has been long-retired and now serves as the President of the BCCI while Dhoni\u2019s playing future remains uncertain having taken a sabbatical after India\u2019s 2019 semi final world cup exit at the hands of New Zealand. On Dhoni\u2019s 39th birthday, Ganguly spoke about India\u2019s most successful captain, saying he was glad he could help give India the cricketing icon that is Dhoni. Not only did Mahi win the ICC T20 World Cup, but also completed the treble with the 2011 odi World Cup and the 2013 champions trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my job, isn\u2019t it? That\u2019s every captain\u2019s job to pick and make the best team possible\u201d. Ganguly told Mayank Agarwal on the episode of \u2018Open Nets with Mayank\u2019. \u201cYou go by your instincts. You go by the faith on that player. That he will deliver for you. And I\u2019m happy that Indian cricket got Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Because he\u2019s unbelievable. One of the great players in world cricket I would say, not just a finisher.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>MS Dhoni: A Living Legend<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>While Dhoni has made a career out of finishing matches for India, Ganguly felt he was always better off batting higher for India. Dhoni has batted 16 times at No. 3 and averaged 82.75 with 993 runs at the position. At No. 4, Dhoni has played 30 innings, averaging 56.58 and scoring 1358 runs. At No. 5, Dhoni averages 50.30 having tallied 3169 runs, while at No. 6, Dhoni has batted the most and scored 4164 runs from 129 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the conversation was posted by the BCCI twitter handle where Indian test opener Mayank Agarwal is seen speaking to Dada via video conference. The hashtag mentioned on the post is #DadaOpensWithMayank.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"I'm happy that Indian cricket got a Mahendra Singh Dhoni, because he is unbelievable,\" <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SGanguly99?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SGanguly99<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mayankcricket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mayankcricket<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DadaOpensWithMayank?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DadaOpensWithMayank<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyBirthdayMSDhoni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyBirthdayMSDhoni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@msdhoni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KCua8qq4hu\">pic.twitter.com\/KCua8qq4hu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1280402361286979585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think everyone talks about the way he finishes lower down the order. He batted at No. 3 when I was the captain; he got a 148 against Pakistan in Vizag. I always believe that he should bat up the order because he is so destructive,\u201d Ganguly said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best players in the shorter format have the ability to hit boundaries at will. You look over a period of time in the history of one-day cricket. Which was the best players can find. The fence under pressure consistently. And Dhoni was one of them and that\u2019s why he was picked.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourav Ganguly, in a chat with Mayank Agarwal talks open MS Dhoni and his destructive skill-set on the 39th birthday of Captain cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":24150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[69,95],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-ms-dhoni","tag-sourav-ganguly"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}