4 Indian fast bowlers whose careers were shaped by MS Dhoni

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Dhoni has shown a lot of confidence in young Indian fast bowlers

#1 Mohit Sharma

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Mohit Sharma was Dhoni's go-to bowler

Mohit Sharma is one of CSK's greatest finds when it comes to fast bowlers. The Haryana pacer was an unknown entity when he was bought by CSK in 2013. Dhoni gave a lot of confidence to the youngster and Mohit responded most of the times by picking up wickets. The right-arm seamer picked up 20 wickets in the 15 matches that he played in his debut season in 2013.

Apart from taking wickets, he also succeeded in stopping the batsmen from scoring easy runs, as he gave away runs at an economy of 6.43 runs per over. In 2014 and 2015, Sharma returned to the franchise as a strike bowler taking 23 and 14 wickets, respectively. He went on to represent the national side and was part of India's 2015 World Cup team. Mohit has played 26 ODIs and 8 T20s for India.

After CSK's ban in 2015, Sharma was picked by Kings XI Punjab. CSK tried their level best to get back Mohit at this year's auction, but KXIP used their RTM card to ensure that he remains with them.

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