Playing with older guys during my childhood has helped me understand & learn the game better: Dhoni

INDIA WICKET-KEEPER batsman MS Dhoni has revealed that playing with guys elder to him by five-six years, during his childhood, has helped him understand cricket better.

The Ranchi-lad divulged that because the elder players were more powerful than him, he had to up his game in order to play at the same level. As quoted by The Print, Dhoni said, 

“We lived in a colony and were only two or three of us that were of the same age group, the other children were at least five or six years older to us. That is one of the reasons that I play cricket well because I have always played cricket with people who were older than me, which meant that they had more power and they understood the game better. Playing with them made me better.”

While interacting with a young citizen journalist, the former India skipper added that the World Cup 2011 victory remains the best moment of his life.

“The 2011 World Cup, winning in India at the Wankhede Stadium, in front of the home crowd, was something that was really amazing and I think the whole process was good. But that exact point, you know, maybe four or five overs before we won the game, when the whole stadium and the spectators knew that we were going to win the game… that was the time when they started chanting, ‘Vande Mataram’ and all the other songs, that was the moment. We knew from that point that we will win the game. That whole atmosphere has never been recreated, but hopefully someday, I will be able to witness it again.”