5 revelations from MS Dhoni's life and career that came to the fore in the biopic

#1 Dropping seniors from the national side

In the trailer, it was shown that there were three cricketers who were classified by Dhoni as slow fielders

Finally, talking about the much-talked-about incident from the movie, as it turned out, it was self-explanatory. Post the 2-1 series loss to Australia during the 2007-08 Border-Gavaskar Trophy down under, the selected squad for the ODI tri-series that was to follow had a few noticeable omissions.

While the senior members of the side like Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman did not earn a recall, one stalwart who was dropped from the ODI team was the former captain of the side, Sourav Ganguly. In the trailer, three cricketers were classified by Dhoni as the ones who didn’t fit in the ODI setup anymore.

Now, it cannot be clearly guessed that Dravid, Laxman and Ganguly were the three cricketers Dhoni was opposed to, but if one looks back at the squad announcement for the triangular series (involving Sri Lanka as well) that followed the Tests, one would observe that Ganguly was the only big name to be dropped from the side.

Hence, the movie conveys that Dhoni had singled-out Ganguly as a slow fielder and someone who was no longer fit for the ODI team despite the legendary cricketer’s proven batting credentials.