MS Dhoni has become the 2nd most successful Test captain in the Indian cricket history – Cricket News Update
World cup winning Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820, has surpassed former Skipper, Mohammad Azharuddin, and became the second most successful Test captain in Indian history.
MS earned this honour after winning the 1st Test match against West Indies, held at Sabina Park, Jamaica, from June 20-23, 2011.
Indian team is on a tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 for a series of 5 one dayers and 3 Test matches. The World champions remained victorious in the ODI series with a challenging 3-2 win.
As the Test series began, India defeated the Caribbean contenders by 63 runs. This victory raised the skipper Dhoni’s position to the second most successful Test Captain of India.
The triumph made the Jharkhand’s lad 2nd most successful Indian Test captain as it was his 15th victory as a skipper, beating Azharuddin with 14 wins.
Former Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Azharuddin-c76823, held the second spot in this ranking with 14 victories out of the 47 Tests played. His winning percentage was 29.79 percent.
Dhoni surpassed him with 15 Test wins to his credit as a Skipper, out of 25 Matches played. This figure makes him the greatest Test captain after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746, who captained 49 Test matches for India and remained victorious in 21.
Wicket-keeper batsman Dhoni, made his Test debut in 2005 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, which resulted in a draw.
Singh’s impressive performance and technique earned him the honor of leading the Indian cricket team as the captain. He was appointed as the T20 skipper in 2007. Then he went on to lead the team in the ODIs and finally became the captain of all three forms
of cricket in 2008, replacing the Test captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737.
The 29-year-old Indian talent also has the honour of being the second Indian captain to hold the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kapildev-Ramlal-Nikhanj-c70246 was the only fortunate Indian skipper who led the team for a great win in the ICC World Cup 1983.
The Indian team managed to repeat history after 28 years under Dhoni’s captaincy. After this success MS was considered to be the best captain Indian cricket had so far.
The Indian batting maestro, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sachin-Ramesh-Tendulkar-c87800, also rated MS Dhoni as the finest captain he has seen in his career, spanning 22 years.
The Master http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 has played under 6 captains, out of whom he finds Mahi (Dhoni’s pet name) to be the best.
“He is very sharp and always alert. He reads the situation well and is open to sharing ideas. He is always calm and never shows his frustration. These are some of the human qualities which have made him such a good captain. Dhoni is the best captain I have
played under,” the Little Master said.
The most admired captain of India, Dhoni, has remained unbeaten in the last 55 Test matches of his Test career.
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