Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of the most successful captains in the world, is celebrating his 39th birthday today. However, discussions have been going on for a long time that Dhoni has made up his mind to say goodbye to international cricket. Before the IPL was postponed, He was seen practicing for it. It was believed that this league will help Dhoni to return to the team. What Dhoni will decide, no one knows this except him, like he used to surprise everyone with his decisions in the field.
Let us tell you that Dhoni is the only captain in the world to win all ICC tournaments. T-20 World Cup, ODI World Cup, and Champions Trophy titles are included in his bag. Let's take a look at some of his decisions taken on the field, which changed the picture of Indian cricket.
Dhoni was not in rhythm during the 2011 World Cup, but in the final match he came out to bat at number five ahead of Yuvraj Singh. While Yuvraj played the best during the tournament. Dhoni's decision proved to be correct. The Indian captain scored an unbeaten 91 off 79 balls which included eight fours and two sixes. He played great innings under pressure and made the Indian team the world champion by reaching the target of 275 runs.
India had given Pakistan a target of 158 runs in the 2007 World T20 final. Pakistan needed 13 runs to win in the last over and Dhoni handed the ball into the hands of Joginder Sharma and he brilliantly defended the target by taking the wicket of Misbah-ul-Haq. India became the first world champions of the T20. Dhoni's decision to trust the inexperienced Sharma was a masterstroke.
Rohit Sharma was consistently failing to play in the middle order in ODIs. MS Dhoni promoted him as an opener and after that Rohit created a storm as an opener. He has scored three double centuries in his ODI career and is the only cricketer to achieve this feat. Rohit leading the opening with the 2013 Champions Trophy played in England and has been rocking his bat ever since.
Despite poor performances in the early days of Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, and Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni backed these players and expressed confidence. Vijay proved himself as an opener in Test cricket and Raina was an important part of the Indian middle-order for a long time. Jadeja is now an important part of the Indian team in all three formats.
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