In an Instagram Live session organised by Chennai Super Kings and Rupha Ramani, the off-spinner shared an interesting storyline of how MS Dhoni was initially very reserved as a player and captain.

Harbhajan then turned the clock back to reminisce the Test series against Australia in 2008, famously known for the Monkeygate scandal and the umpiring howlers that were criticised throughout the series.

The CSK spinner shed light on how that particular series helped the team bond a lot more, and in specific, led to MS Dhoni opening up a lot more to his teammates.

“MS Dhoni gives his teammates the room to explore”

MS Dhoni had earlier led India to the 2007 T20 World Cup triumph before he took over as the Indian Test team captain in 2008. A year later, in December, India climbed to the No.1 rank in the longest format, highlighting MS Dhoni’s credentials as a captain.

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Since then, MS Dhoni has only risen in popularity with every year, having led India to the 2011 World Cup triumph and a title victory in the 2013 Champions Trophy. Apart from tasting unparalleled success in the international circuit, MS Dhoni has also led CSK to three IPL titles.

Harbhajan also made mention of how MS Dhoni’s method of giving some space to his teammates is one of the CSK skipper’s most striking features as captain.

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