Happy Birthday Sourav Ganguly: MS Dhoni shares an old picture with his former skipper

MS Dhoni played his first international game against Bangladesh under Ganguly. (Source: PTI)

MS Dhoni, who started his career under Sourav Ganguly’s leadership in 2004 shared a cosy picture with his former India captain on the occasion of the later’s 43rd birthday on Wednesday.

Dhoni played his first international game against Bangladesh under Ganguly.

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Years later, captaincy went from Ganguly to Rahul Dravid to Anil Kumble to MS Dhoni. Interestingly, Ganguly ended his career when Dhoni was in charge of the Test unit. As a fitting gesture, Dhoni asked Ganguly to lead the side for a short duration during the Nagpur Test against Australia in November 2008.