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MS Dhoni is the star former captain from India who won 3 World Cups for India. Despite his lack of captaincy experience, he brilliantly led all the players to win the T20 World Cup in 2007 and after 28 years on home soil, India won the World Cup in 2011. Also in 2013, he won the Champions Trophy in England with young players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, he has many evolutions including an action batsman and an excellent wicket keeper.
He has won 4 trophies for the Chennai team in the IPL series and has a record as the most successful captain in terms of matches and is hailed as the best captain in the entire history of cricket. Many young players who got a chance to play under his leadership have gone on to become world-class players. In fact, it can be said that more than half of the players playing in the Indian team today have grown into stars because of his opportunity and support.
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Dhoni the Great:
That is why all young players want to play under his leadership. Also in the IPL series, many sportsmen have excelled in the international arena after playing with his advice under his leadership, who has won 4 trophies for Chennai and is the most successful captain in terms of matches. Especially foreign players like Dwayne Bravo and Du Blais have said many times that Dhoni has played an important role in making them a good player in international cricket.
South Africa’s young player Lungi Nikidi has said that playing in the Chennai team under the leadership of Dhoni gave him the inspiration to play well in international cricket. He was bought for Chennai for 50 lakhs in the 2018 season after recovering from the ban, he took 11 wickets in the 7 matches he participated in that year at a good average of 14.18 and played an important role in the bowling department to win the 3rd champion title.
Dhoni’s belief:
Lungi Ngiti said in a recent press interview that it was a big deal for Dhoni, who was only 22 years old that season, to believe in him and give him the chance to play in the auction. “When I was 22 years old, a great like Dhoni believed in me and gave me a chance and won his matches, it was huge for me. Also the IPL series taught me how to handle huge crowds. Because I had never played in front of 60,000 fans in my life before that. “It was stressful in the beginning, but it became a breeze to get used to.”
He played for the Delhi Capitals team in the recently concluded IPL series, which is crawling as the next generation fast bowler of the South African team, which has world-class fast bowlers like Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel. He further spoke about playing in the team under the leadership of young wicketkeeper and captain Rishabh Pant.
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“Playing under Rishabh Pant in Delhi this year was a good experience. Although he is young, he has already grown enough to make an impact in the competition. “He gave me a lot of advice and help when I got the chance to bowl against him in net practice.”
South Africa’s number one fast bowler Kakiso Rabada has never won an IPL title. But despite winning 2 championships in 2018 and 2021 with Chennai, Lungi Nikiti said that he stayed to hang out with Rabada, the number one bowler.
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He further spoke about this as follows. “I am hesitant when talking to Rabada. However, he said, “You have won 2 IPL champions and won many man of the match awards, then why this hesitation?”
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