DHONI-THE GREAT CAPTAIN

Not only has Dhoni impressed with his sensible, innovative captaincy but more importantly has also produced the desired results. Under him, India have won five out of seven Tests and drawn two. In ODIs, he has led India to 31 wins in 51 games – again an incredible record. India recently returned having created Test history in New Zealand – beating the Kiwis in their own den after 41 years.
Earlier, they also won the ODIs rather comprehensively. Prior to that, the Indian team had already rolled over Australia and England at home. Also, when the Pakistan tour was cancelled owing to security concerns, India went to Sri Lanka and won four out of the five one-dayers as well as a pulsating T20. All in all, it has been a great six months for Dhoni. They now head into the IPL, which will be followed by the T20 World Cup in England. The expectations would be sky high from the Indians over there as well; after all they are the defending champions.

Returning to Dhoni, he has also ensured that his batting does not suffer because of the dual wicket-keeping and captaincy responsibilities. True, the flamboyance has been curtailed to a large extent but the efficiency has only ascended. He has come to India’s rescue on nearly every possible occasion, Wellington being the latest example. That’s specifically why his performance with the bat as captain is significantly better than his overall record in both Tests and ODIs.

Finally, Dhoni has also proved to be a good man-manager. While he is open to take suggestions from veterans like Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, he has fit into the role of an approachable, cool captain very well for those of his age like Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh. The best part of Dhoni’s captaincy though is his temperament.

Achievements under Mahi captaincy:

  Team India went on to win the inaugural T20 cricket World Cup 2007.

India manage First ever trilateral ODI series win in Australia in CB Series of 2007-08.

India manage First ever bilateral ODI series win in Sri Lanka (IDEA CUP 2008).

He captained Team India to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at home versus Australia.India went on to win the coveted 4 match Test series(2-0).

Now Dhoni has done wonders on his first overseas tour of new zealand by winning both  ODI & Test series,which is the first ever series win in NZ by Indian team.

Since Dhoni has become captain Indian team is on the way of achieving No.1 spot in cricket rating.