Interestingly, only a few players have performed well after quitting as captain. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid are the exceptions. Tendulkar, who captained India in two stints, and Dravid continued to score big after quitting. Tendulkar actually failed as a captain (with a success rate of 16 per cent in 25 Tests), but, when unburdened, scored prolifically. Sachin played international cricket for almost 14 years after giving up captaincy. In this post-2000 span, his game blossomed: he appeared in 124 Tests, tallied 9,885 runs and hammered 29 centuries. Dravid also didn’t seem to have enjoyed captaincy a great deal. After captaining in 25 Tests, he finally resigned despite leading India to a creditable 1-0 Test series win over England in England in 2007. After quitting, he played for almost five more years, and scored 3,808 runs in 42 Tests in this period. Going by this, we will hopefully see a carefree Dhoni lustily hitting huge sixes and boundaries, in the flamboyant way he batted when he made his ODI debut in December 2004.