“Poddar said he had never seen a man hitting the cricket ball so hard, but he was a terrible wicketkeeper. The next minute, I was surprised to see this man taking out biscuits to feed stray dogs,” said Mukherjee. I had never seen such powerful hits.”READ| Dhoni retires: Run-out in first international match, run-out in the lastLater, Mukherjee and Poddar discussed Dhoni and recommended his name to the BCCI. “I wrote, ‘On his day, he (Dhoni) can slaughter any attack but his wicketkeeping is average,’” said Mukherjee. Maybe he was out of (touch with) cricket for a long time,” he added.

Source: The Hindu August 16, 2020 04:07 UTC