When MS Dhoni Handed Captaincy to Sourav Ganguly in his farewell Test in 2008

MS Dhoni Handed Captaincy to Sourav Ganguly in his farewell Test in 2008

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) has won everyone's heart in his career not only by his performance but also with good behavior. Even Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the team, has been his admirer. Ganguly had helped a lot in grooming Dhoni's career. Ganguly was the first to try Dhoni as a wicketkeeper-batsman. They were earlier given batting in the middle order. Again Dada sent Mahi to number 3 against Pakistan, then Dhoni did not look back again.

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There was a time when Ganguly was dropped from the team and the captaincy was also taken away. But Dada returned to international cricket again. Current BCCI President Sourav Ganguly recently video chatted with Mayank Agarwal. During this time he recalled his last Test match played under Dhoni's captaincy, which he played against Australia in Nagpur.

He was surprised at Dhoni's decision in that last Test. In the last moments of the match, Dhoni asked Sourav Ganguly to captain Team India. Dhoni wanted to give farewell to Ganguly in this special style. Recalling Dhoni's behavior, Ganguly said, 'My last test was in Nagpur. This was the last session of the last day. I was coming down from Vidarbha Stadium towards the ground. All the players were standing around me and I was coming in the field.

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There were only a few overs left in that match that Dhoni decided to hand over the captaincy to Ganguly. Ganguly said, 'It was a surprise for me. I did not expect this. But MS Dhoni is only MS Dhoni. He is always full of surprises like his captaincy. We were going to win the Test match and there was talk of retirement in my mind. I don't know what I did in those 3-4 overs.