‘MS Dhoni at No. 3 would have broken most records’: Gautam Gambhir.

‘MS Dhoni at No. 3 would have broken most records’: Gautam Gambhir.

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According to Gautam Gambhir, with the type of flat pitches on offer and quality of current bowling attacks, MS Dhoni could have broken most of the records had he batted at three.Former India opener Gautam Gambhir believes that Mahendra Singh Dhoni would are a special player with all batting records in his kitty had the Indian captain opted batting one down in 50-over format.

Gambhir was asked to settle on between current India skipper Virat Kohli and Dhoni, to chase down a target.

“It’s very difficult to match both of them because one bats at No. 3, one bats at No. 6 or 7,” Gambhir said on ‘Cricket Connected’.According to Gambhir, with the type of flat pitches on offer and quality of current bowling attacks in world cricket now, the Jharkhand dasher could have broken most of the records had he batted at three.

“Probably, i might have taken MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni batting at No. 3 on flat wickets, with the standard of bowling attack now in world cricket.

“Look at Sri Lanka , Bangladesh, West Indies , within the current situation, with the type of quality in international cricket there's , MS Dhoni would have probably broken most of the records,” added the southpaw, who may be a member of both 2007 and 2011 World Cup-winning Indian team.

Dhoni in his career usually batted lower down the order and was more of a finisher.

The former left-handed opener felt that Dhoni would are the foremost exciting cricketer within the world had he not captained India and batted up the order at number three.

“Probably, world cricket has missed one thing which is MS didn’t bat at No. three . Had MS not captained India and batted at No. three, probably world cricket would have seen a totally different player, probably he could have gotten more runs, he would have broken more records.”

However former India speedster Irfan Pathan had a special viewpoint.

Pathan said that if one compares Dhoni to Kohli at number three, Kohli would are a far better option.

“But MS had all the prospect to bat at No. 3, he didn’t. Look, i actually believe that if you compare Virat and Mahendra Singh Dhoni batting at No. 3, I still feel Virat features a better technique.

“There’s nothing that i'm removing from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, obviously he has been an absolute legend of the sport . Everyone has their own opinion. i will be able to still take Virat any day,” said Pathan on an equivalent show.