One of the most loved and scrutinised cricketers to have ever been born in India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the perfect story for every small town boy/girl who wants to make it big in life. Hailing from the cricketing backwaters - Jharkhand, Dhoni is unarguably the second most popular player in the cricket frenzy nation after 'God' Sachin Tendulkar. Going by the statistics, Dhoni is India's most successful captain and under his leadership, India have won the top prize in all formats of the gentlemen's game - the inaugural World Twenty20 on his captaincy debut in 2007, No.1 Test ranking for 18 months starting December 2009, and the 50-over World Cup in 2011 in Mumbai. He is also the first captain in the world to win three different ICC trophies. Dhoni also led India to a memorable 2013 Champions Trophy triumph in England. During his now more than 14-years long international career, Dhoni has played an integral part in many of India's famous victories. For his impressive match-winning skills, the veteran batsman has also been christened with the tag of 'one of the best finishers in the sport', especially in the limited-overs format. However, with age catching up - Dhoni's batting abilities are on the wane but his electric reflexes and impeccable instincts behind the stumps still make him an indispensable asset to Team India. With the countdown of the 2019 ICC World Cup already started, India still needs the services of one of its biggest stalwarts who is responsible for taking the team to insurmountable heights.
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Indian bowler Ishant Sharma opened up on his relationship with former captain MS Dhoni.
Sreesanth, 37, has so far played 27 Tests, 53 ODIs and 10 T20Is in which he scalped 87, 75 and 7 wickets respectively.
The final announcement is expected soon as the BCCI is still awaiting an official decision on the fate of the T20 World Cup which was to be held in Australia in October-November.
Piyush Chawla said that Dhoni didn't look rusty when he arrived at the CSK camp ahead of the scheduled start of IPL 2020.
De Villiers also kept Kane Williamson and Steve Smith as options for No.4 but had to in the end pick himself because of the conditions of picking the team.
The 45-year-old also feels the return of Steve Smith and David Warner will make life difficult for the Indians in the upcoming series.
Sreesanth wants Dhoni to be carried on shoulders if he won the next T20 WC like Sachin Tendulkar after India won 2011 ODI World Cup.
On this day two years ago, Siddarth Kaul made his T20I debut against Ireland.
Rajput revealed that Dhoni believed in "don't take tension, give tension" policy and hence urged his teammates to stay away from the noise outside and focus only on their strengths.
West Indies and CSK all-rounder Dwayne Bravo on Monday dropped a teaser of his song dedicated to former Indian captain MS Dhoni.
Former Team India manager Lalchand Rajput has said that MS Dhoni's style of captaincy resembles former Indian skippers Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.
Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav has said that he wants MS Dhoni to make a comeback to the Indian team soon.
Aakash chose Sunrisers captain David Warner as his first pick as the opener over West Indies destructive batsman Chris Gayle, who has scored most centuries in IPL history- 6.
The 2007 World T20 was a big step towards future of Indian cricket as senior players like Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar took their name back to give chance to youngsters.
Such was the level of criticism following Parthiv's downfall that the youngster feared facing a soft tennis ball, he recalled.
Former Indian captain MS Dhoni turned to organic farming in his free time and also had a new look amid the lockdown.
Irfan also added that Dhoni eventually grew fond of spinners and realised the matches can be won with spin bowling.
Rathour also understands the pressure of replacing Dhoni, but he reckons that it will only make him a better and a stronger cricketer.
Hardik Pandya further emphasized on how players like Kohli, Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni don't like being at no.2.
Bhuvneshwar revealed his process and claims it's similar to former India captain MS Dhoni's as he tries to detach himself from the result.
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