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‘It took about 10 days to convince Ganguly to let Dhoni keep wickets’
Former India chairman of selectors Kiran More, whose selection committee is often credited for spotting MS Dhoni, said he had to convince the then-India captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly to let Dhoni keep wickets in a Duleep Trophy final in 2003-04 against North Zone, instead of the regular East Zone keeper Deep Dasgupta. More said India was desperately searching for a wicketkeeper who could give quick runs in the middle order as the experiment with Rahul Dravid had already gone on for far too long for comfort and that’s when they spotted Dhoni, who was scoring a lot of runs in the domestic circuit. “We were looking for a wicket-keeper batsman. At that time the format was changing and we were looking for a power-hitter, someone who can come at No.6 or 7 and get us quick 40-50 runs. Rahul Dravid played 75 ODI matches as a wicket-keeper and he played the 2003 World Cup as well. So, we were desperate for a wicket-keeper,” More said in a YouTube show called The Curtly and Karishma hosted by former West Indies fast bowler Curly Ambrose and sports presenter Karishma Kotak.
