5 players played under MS Dhoni you didn't know

5) Peter Handscomb, RPS 2016 :

In 2016 when Australian cricket was going through a batting crisis a young Victorian, Peter Handscomb burst into the scene. He hit the ground running when he scored a debut half-century in his maiden Test innings against the visiting Proteas. He followed it up with a century against Pakistan and impressed everybody with his tactics against spinners when he travelled to India for the 2017 Border-Gavaskar trophy.

Recently Australia won a historic ODI series against India in their den which included a magnificent 117 from Handscomb, and now he is almost certain of his place in the squad for 2019 ENG WC. In 2016 two new IPL franchises were introduced to make up for the absence of CSK and RR. One of the franchises was based from Pune and the management decided to make Dhoni their leader.

RPS was having a torrid season as most of their players were getting injured. Peter Handscomb was one of the signings by the Pune franchise, and he played 2 matches in that season. He did not bat against GL and was able to score only 6 runs in his outing against MI and was dropped for the next season. Handscomb may have learned about batting and keeping by sharing the dressing room with MSD as he played 2 games under his leadership.

Dhoni was a successful leader in all his tourneys and many players have played under his captaincy. Some players were lucky enough to play a lot of games under him but there are people who have just played a handful of matches which the fans may not remember.

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