5 players who debuted with MS Dhoni – Where are they now?

Published - 20 Oct 2025, 19:19 IST | Updated - 21 Oct 2025, 09:52 IST

Legendary India cricketer MS Dhoni had a modest beginning to his career. He slowly turned out to become India's most fearless and aggressive batters. Dhoni's calm leadership and lightning-fast glove-work was an added bonus to his already widespread repertoire.

Over the years, there were a lot of historic milestones which Dhoni achieved with India. He became the first captain to win all three white-ball titles; T20 World Cup in 2007, 2011 ODI World Cup and the Champions Trophy in 2013. India also reached the No. 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings for the first time under his leadership.

Dhoni has over 17,000 international runs under his belt. By the time he announced retirement from international cricket, he had 634 catches and 195 stumpings, stepping down as one of the most successful wicketkeeper-batters of all time, featuring in a total of 90 Tests, 350 ODIs and 98 T20Is.

Many cricketers in the Indian team made their international debut around the same time as Dhoni, and while some of them went on to illustrious careers, a few also had their life taking different turns after being in the limelight of the game at the highest level.

Sreesanth made his Test debut a few months after Dhoni's introduction in the red-ball arena. The right-arm speedster was quite sharp with his bowling and was also a part of the title-winning campaigns in 2007 and 2011. There were many occasions where Sreesanth was the frontline pacer, and that too across formats.

However, things took a sharp turn after he was amongst three players from Rajasthan Royals who were accused of match-fixing in 2013. The BCCI put a lifetime ban from the cricketer. After Sreesanth's revised seven-year ban ended, he even represented Kerala in KCA President's Cup T20 tournament in late 2020 and then in the 2021 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Now, he is a commentator with JioStar.