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Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid made MS Dhoni the cricketer he is today: Virender Sehwag

Sehwag recalled how Ganguly's sacrifice changed Dhoni's career.

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Virender Sehwag thinks that former India captains Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid were instrumental in making Mahendra Singh Dhoni the cricketer he is today. 

Sehwag, speaking to a TV channel, recalled how Ganguly's willingness to sacrifice his own batting position has helped Dhoni.  

He said, "We were experimenting with the batting order at that time. We decided that if we get a good opening partnership then Sourav Ganguly would come at No.3 but if we had a bad opening stand then we would send pinch hitters like Irfan Pathan or Dhoni to accelerate the scoring rate."

"Ganguly at that time decided to give Dhoni a chance at No.3 for three or four matches. There are very few captains who would first give away his own batting spot for Virender Sehwag and then his set spot of No.3 for Dhoni. Had Dada (Ganguly) not done that, Dhoni would not have become such a great player. Ganguly always believed in giving chances to new players," Sehwag added.

Sehwag also mentioned Rahul Dravid, who succeeded Ganguly as captain, and his role in making Dhoni a complete cricketer and a perfect finisher.

"During Rahul Dravid's captaincy, Dhoni got the role of a finisher. He got out a couple of times playing a bad shot and he was also reprimanded by Dravid during one instance. But from that instance, he completely changed his approach and became a very good finisher. The kind of partnerships he had with Yuvraj Singh are memorable," Sehwag said.

Dhoni made his debut for India when Ganguly was the captain in 2004 and within a year he proved his worth by scoring 148 against Pakistan and 183 against Sri Lanka batting at No.3 position.

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