Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has said that wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni had a lot to offer with the bat, but he couldn't do it because of his batting position.

Gambhir has a strong belief that the cricket world missed out on witnessing a completely different player in top order because Dhoni moved down in the batting order from number 3.

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Dhoni cemented his place in the team after his explosive hundreds against Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the number 3 batting position only. But once Dhoni got the captaincy, he took the finisher's role and gave up number 3 spot completely.

"Probably world cricket has missed one thing... that is MS (Dhoni) captained India and did not bat at No. 3. Had MS batted at No. 3, probably world cricket would have seen a completely different player," Gautam Gambhir told Star Sports 'Cricket Connected'

"Probably he would have got many more runs, broken many records. Forget about records, they are meant to be broken. He would have been the most exciting cricketer in the world had he not captained India and had he batted at No. 3.

"MS Dhoni batting at No. 3 on flat wickets with the quality of bowling attack now in world cricket... look at Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and West Indies in the current situation, with the quality there is no international cricket, MS Dhoni would have broken most of the records."