15 Reasons why MS Dhoni is the best captain in the World

15 reasons why MS Dhoni is the best captain in the World: The term ‘leadership’ has become a synonym for MS Dhoni by now. In the past eight years, he has achieved unprecedented success as a captain for his country and franchise team. He possesses almost every trophy in the world in his trophy cabinet. Dhoni’s first T20 World Cup triumph as the captain was termed as a fluke by many, then haters started crediting his success as a captain to luck but over the years he has proved his mettle as a captain to one and all and demonstrated he is tailor-made for the skippers job. Here are the 15 reasons why Dhoni is the best captain in the world.

1. A Great Inspirer:

“Don’t look upwards god is not going to save you, we have to fought it out, we are the number one team and let’s play like that” this was what MS Dhoni told the team before walking onto the field in a rain interrupted Champions Trophy Final. This lifted the morale of the team and it gave the impetus of self belief, unsurprisingly India won the match and the agility, nimbleness showed by the Indian fielders on the field was exceptional that day. This was just an example alike this on numerous occasions his inspirational talks has done wonders for the confidence of the team.

2. Honest Individual:

Listen to his post match presentation talks and you will come to know how honestly and candidly he explains the positive and negative points of the match.  Team and its team members are a reflection of the captain, and if captain behaves honestly and in an ethical manner then the team follows that suit, he sets the right examples for others to follow.

3. Back his players to the extreme:

He very shrewdly identifies the players which can make a difference to the team, backs those players to the extreme and make them feel secure so that they can perform to the best of its ability. Before the 2011 World Cup the place of Yuvraj Singh was coming under scrutiny as he was going through a rough patch, Dhoni backed him to the core before the tournament and what Yuvraj did in the World Cup 2011 is history, this explains if a captain shows confidence in the player’s adroitness he can do wonders.

4. Excellent at Identifying Potential:

Though it’s the role of selectors to identify talent from the domestic cricket but ultimately the player has to play under captain so the captain should also be capable enough of identifying the right set of players. Dhoni has exactly done that he identified and groomed players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja , Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin and gave them ample opportunities to prove their mettle, they did not perform according to the expectations initially and media even ridiculed Dhoni for over backing a few of them but off late all have vindicated captain’s trust in them with some match winning performance.

5. Maintains the spirit of the team:

Before the start of 2009 T20 World cup there were reports in media about the rift between him and Virendar Sehwag, Dhoni in his audacious manner called the whole squad in the press conference and released a statement saying that the team is truly united and the reports about rift are totally false this portrays how much pertinence he gives to team spirit. Team spirit under his captaincy has always been excellent and that is evident on the field as team members enjoy each other success.

6. Great Man Manager:

Man managing skills are must for a leader to be successful, a team without unity can never excel at the top most level and Dhoni has played a major part in maintaining the unity of team over the years. He has managed the team with senior players like Sachin, Rahul and Sourav superbly well and he has even got the best out of the feisty character such as Yuvraj and Virat under his captaincy.

7. A True warrior:

The old cliché ‘when the going gets tough, the tough gets going’ holds absolutely true for MS Dhoni whenever team requires the most, this man brings forward his A game, he is the cometh the hour, cometh the man cricketer of Indian cricket. Prime example of it is the knock he played in the final of the World Cup 2011. Not only that match he has been a true warrior behind the stumps too marshalling the resources as good as anyone.

8. Instinctive Captain:

Dhoni is an instinctive captain he relies on his gut feeling to take decisions, often he gambles a bit as well.  Handing over the responsibility of balling last over to an inexperienced Joginder Sharma over Harbhajan was a gamble he took and we all know it proved to be a master stroke.

9. Innovative:

There are captains in world which follow a certain plan told by their coach, Dhoni is not one of those he has a Plan A, B, C and even D for every situation and adapts according to the alien conditions quiet quickly.  He is a master of doing the things unorthodox way, be it putting the leg slip or giving Ashwin the first over he has often done things out of the blue and on numerous occasion he has pulled a rabbit out of that through those moves.

10. Best under pressure:

His batting record has considerably improved since he has become the captain, usually it’s the other way around as Sachin, Sourav, Azharuddin all failed to replicate their performances as a batsman when became skipper.  In the past we have seen Indian captain succumb under pressure but Dhoni belongs to rare species in Indian cricket, he elevate his game a notch higher whenever the pressure situation comes.

11. Great Finisher:

He is one of the best finisher of the game. His brain works like a computer while chasing totals. He breaks the target into smaller targets and takes the match into a situation where bowler also feels the same heat and from that situation backs himself to win the game. He averages a staggering 105.1 in the successful chases as an Indian captain.

12. Cool as cucumber:

Even in the most nerve wrecking situation this guy remains icy cool, he transforms this confidence onto his team members who gets a major lift watching their captain in a calm mood.

13. Not shy in giving credit:

We all must have watched after getting a trophy in the felicitation ceremony this guy silently hands over the trophy to a young member of the team and takes the back seat himself, this epitomizes he is not only a good captain but also a good human being.

14. Stable and Steady:

“Don’t get flatter with your success or disheartened with failure” this is the mantra to be successful in life and MS Dhoni posses exactly these qualities. Neither we see him jump all over someone on a poor performance nor he shows too much of enthusiasm after triumph.

15. His record:

His recording as a captain is superior to every other captain in the world; he is the only captain to win 50 Over World Cup, T-20 World Cup, Champions Trophy, IPL (Twice) and Champions League T20 (Twice).