Best XI of the most selfish cricketers

8. MS Dhoni (C & WK)

Now, I know seeing this name on this list will surely make you go mad! But, just hold on and listen to me. There is no doubt that MS Dhoni is one of the icons of world cricket. He is one of the greatest white-ball captains and the only leader to win each of the three ICC trophies.

He is also one of the greatest finishers that white-ball cricket has ever seen. He averages more than 100 in successful run-chases but in the past, Dhoni has also played quite a few such innings that have proceeded to raise eyebrows about his approach. He was booed out of Lord’s during a 2018 ODI against England for his painstaking 59-ball 37 when India was chasing 323 to win.

Things got even worse a year later during a league-stage encounter against the same opponent where Dhoni [42* off 31 balls] was criticized by former cricketers including Nasser Hussain and Sourav Ganguly for not even trying to go for the run-chase. 

Dhoni’s penchant for taking the run-chase to the very last ball where he would deny strike to his partner and take it upon himself to get the job done, but that approach, on numerous occasions, led to India losing the game. The most pertinent example of it was the one-off T20I against England in 2014. With India needing 5 runs off 2 balls, Dhoni denied Rayudu a single off the penultimate delivery in order to seal the deal all by himself before eventually failing to achieve the same.