India, March 1 -- It's been years since MS Dhoni retired from international cricket but his legend continues to grow. Former India player Dinesh Mongia recently recounted a story from the early days of Dhoni in the noughties which can leave you in thrall to the former India captain.

Ahead of the India's tour of Pakistan in 2005-2006, India Seniors and India A played a game and Mongia was captain of the India A side. Dhoni, sporting his famous long-flowing mane back then, was also part of that game. Mongia recently related on a podcast how Dhoni wasn't taken seriously by former India spinner Harbhajan Singh during that encounter, and how weeks later Dhoni smashed the Pakistani bowlers to all parts of the ground in Faisalabad to make his c...