Dhoni has done a great job as the team captain, since he took over the captaincy from Rahul Dravid. The wicket keeper and batsman has been an astute and pragmatic captain, leading to better performances by the Indian cricket team as a whole.
WHO WOULD have thought that an average player at the domestic level, would became the captain of Indian cricket team? For some people captaining India is one of the toughest job in the world, but, it seems not to be so for Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Dhoni has done a great job as the team captain, since he took over the captaincy from Rahul Dravid. The wicket keeper and batsman has been an astute and pragmatic captain, leading to better performances by the Indian cricket team as a whole, without affecting his individual performance. He is known for keeping his cool and taking decisions as per his gut feeling.
The player often heralds the team through a tough match by his batting or wicket keeping skills. He can also bowl well, as he proved in the ICC Champions trophy matches.
The youth icon has had a perfect rags to riches story. Dhoni, who came from a smaller, semi-urbanised Ranchi, rose to become a cricketer who is praised by several big names in the sport like, Andrew Flintoff, Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist and many others.
Due to his spectacular performances, he recently rose to be the number one player in the ICC rankings list. He has also been chosen as ICC’S ODI player of the year as well as the best captain.