Growing up watching India play, I remember how the team lacked a perfect wicket keeper who can hit the ball hard and also can bat through with the tail enders. I always wanted a keeper more like my favourite-Gilchrist. 2004, a year after the hefty loss against the mighty Australian team in the World Cup finals. The team was forced to free Dravid from the wicket keeping position so that he could concentrate more on his batting without pressure. There was a huge void in the team as the two other keepers-Dinesh Karthik(DK) and Parthiv Patel lacked consistency in the ODIs. Though they continued to keep wickets for the test matches. Way back-in 2004, I don't remember the exact date. When I was looking through the newspaper, I saw a new name in the squad for the tour of Bangladesh. Being an ardent fan of Tamil Nadu boy DK, I was like "yaara ivan, Dhoni?" Thanks to his India-A performances which caught the eye of Captain Dada and t...