MS Dhoni will become a better player post captaincy: Sourav Ganguly to India Today

MS Dhoni will become a better player now that he does not have the burden of captaincy and for the fact that he is batting higher up the order, Sourav Ganguly has told India Today in an exclusive interview.

"A captain sees you differently from the way you see yourself. You need a captain who can push you. MS Dhoni will become a better player post captaincy," Ganguly told India Today. "Being pushed up the order will be beneficial to the team (Dhoni batted at No.4 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday).

"He felt that he was more useful at No.6; I felt differently - the pressure is no different but at that time, you have more deliveries," Ganguly told India Today.

Dhoni had struggled for the first half of IPL 2017, managing only 61 runs from five matches.

Ganguly had said he felt Dhoni, a legend in the ODI format, wasn't really a good T20 player. After all, the flamboyant wicketkeeper-batsman from Jhardkhand had scored only T20 International fifty in a decade since his debut.