In just 4 years of captaincy,
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has emerged as one of India's most successful captain this
cricket crazy country has seen. The captain cool has led the team to many first
under his captaincy.
Dhoni led Team India to No. 1 in
the ICC Test Rankings for the first time in December 2009 and also closed the
gap with Australia in one-dayers after winning the coveted 2011 Cricket World
Cup.
Dhoni started his captaincy
career with the shortest format of the game and immediately led an inexperienced
India Twenty20 squad to the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 victory in South
Africa in September 2007.
Soon after returning victorious
in the World Twenty20, he was made the India's one-day international captain
for the seven-match ODI series against Australia in September 2007.
After serving the team as
vice-captain for a while, Dhoni was made full-time Test captain of India during
the fourth Test against Australia at Nagpur in November 2008 replacing Anil
Kumble, who announced his retirement after the third Test.
Dhoni made his mark in the
international cricket soon after his ODI debut in December 2004 against
Bangladesh. He scored a match-winning 148 against Pakistan in Vishakapatnam off
123 balls in his fifth ODI and announced his arrival in the international
arena.
Dhoni made his Test debut against sri Lanka in December 2005. Similar to his one-day career, he slammed his
maiden century (148) against Pakistan in 2006. His maiden ton came off 93 balls
and is the fastest hundred scored by an Indian wicket-keeper.
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