4 reasons why India should consider itself lucky to have Dhoni

#2 Best wicket keeping batsman

Dhoni has been India's most successful wicket keeping batsman

India, for a long time, struggled to find a wicketkeeper who could bat. Azharuddin and Ganguly tried out a number of players like Kiran More, Nayan Mongia, Vijay Dahiya, Deep Dasgupta at the slot finding little success.

Dhoni has been a phenomenon and he has proved to be the best Wicket Keeping batsman India has ever produced. He has scored close to 5,000 runs in Tests at an average of almost 40. He has scored 9758 runs in 306 matches at an average of 52 in ODIs. He also has 389 dismissals behind the stumps in ODIs

The 36-year-old in 497 matches across different formats of the game has 776 dismissals to his name and is 3rd in the list of maximum dismissals by a wicketkeeper behind Boucher and Gilchrist

The Ranchi man is the 12th highest run-getter in ODIs at present and there is every chance that he might end up in the list of top 10 run getters in ODIs by the time he hangs up his boots. In addition, he is also ranked 4th in the list of highest dismissals by wicketkeepers.