MS Dhoni is one of the greatest captains in world of cricket. MS Dhoni, former wicketkeeper-batsman is the only captain in the history of the game who has won all three ICC trophies in limited-overs cricket.
Also MS Dhoni has also help India reach the top of the ICC rankings in the Test and ODI formats of the game.
MS Dhoni was made India captain for the first time in September 2007, when he was ask to lead a young side in the inaugural edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
And the young cricketer made the most of that opportunity by helping India win the first ever T20 title.
MS Dhoni was given India’s ODI captaincy as well, and after a while, he also became the Test captain when Anil Kumble called time on his career.
As a captain, MS Dhoni has won a number of trophies and matches.
MS Dhoni success was not just limited to international cricket but in the IPL and Champions League as well, where MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings win four and two championships.
MS Dhoni had never captain India at any level when he was announce as the captain in 2007.
He was pick as captain ahead of senior players like Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh.
While not many knows India’s first ever T20 captain was Virender Sehwag.
MS Dhoni’s name was put forward for leadership by none other than the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar.
As that time Sachin Tendulkar was approach by the BCCI to become captain for the third time, but he back out and instead forward MS Dhoni’s name for this role.
And now Sachin Tendulkar has open up about the reason why he recommended 26 year old MS Dhoni’s name for this role.
Sachin Tendulkar Said :
“This was in England when I was offered the captaincy. I said we have a very good leader in the team who is still a junior, and he is someone you should look at closely. I’ve had many conversations with him, mostly on the field, where I’d be fielding at first slip and ask him, ‘What do you think?’ Though Rahul was the captain, I would ask him, and the feedback I receive was very balance, calm, yet very mature,”.
“Good captaincy is about being a step ahead of the opposition. If one is smart enough to do that, like we say, ‘josh se nahi, hosh se khelo’ (play sensibly). It doesn’t happen instantly; you won’t get 10 wickets in 10 balls. You have to plan it. At the end of the day, the scoreboard matters. And I saw those qualities in him. Hence, I recommended his name,”.
Sachin Tendulkar play for a enough amount of time under MS Dhoni’s leadership and won the ODI World Cup in 2011.
