Kaif also recounted M.S. Dhoni getting run out while batting with him on the latter's ODI debut against Bangladesh in Chattogram in 2004, saying he deserves a little bit of credit too for Dhoni's rise as it prompted then skipper Sourav Ganguly to push him up the order against Pakistan in 2005 in Visakhapatnam where the dashing Ranchi cricketer smashed 148.