India’s star former player MS Dhoni is hailed as one of the greatest players not only in India but also in international cricket. Born in Ranchi, where cricket is not very popular, he made his debut in the Indian team led by Sourav Ganguly in the year 2004 as he performed well in local cricket. In particular, Indian wicketkeepers who created a new grammar of not only catching the ball but also playing aggressively, he kept the wicket at lightning speed and set a world record as the keeper who made the most stumpings in international cricket.
He created a new evolution in wicket keeping in 2007, even though he had no experience of captaining even local matches, he brilliantly led the young and experienced players and took bold decisions at important moments and created history by winning the first ever T20 World Cup for India. And in 2010, he promoted India to become the number one Test team in the world for the first time and made the 28-year dream of Indian fans come true by winning the 2011 World Cup on home soil with the players created by Ganguly.
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Also, he won the 2013 Champions Trophy with young players including Virat Kohli and Raina, making history as the only captain in the world to win 3 different World Cups. Considering the future, he removed the senior players and gave 70% of the players playing in today’s Indian team a chance to develop and develop a prosperous future and retired in 2019.
But without understanding it, it is common to see many ex-players and fans being selfish and criticizing Dhoni. Perhaps then, if he had not courageously removed the seniors and produced young players, they would not have thought that today India would be without the next generation of players like Sri Lanka.
All in all, despite some flaws and failures, there is no doubt that Dhoni deserves to be hailed as the greatest captain of Indian cricket, surpassing the greats like Kapil Dev and Ganguly. In this case, former captain Sourav Ganguly, who praised MS Dhoni as a great player of Indian cricket, said that he is proud to have brought him up. Here’s what he told reporters after meeting Dhoni recently:
“When talking about Dhoni, it’s not all about the matches he played. Regarding his impact on Indian cricket. I met him in Mumbai a few days back during an ad shoot. He is a great champion. An all-time great of Indian cricket. And a World Cup-winning great from a town like Ranchi that doesn’t produce a lot of players.”
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“So proud of him. And I won’t continue to say that 2 successful captains in Indian cricket (Kapil Dev, Dhoni) hail from towns where cricket is not popular. Because Dhoni came from there. He has instilled in the next generation of players the belief that “I can win no matter where I come from”. Especially look at how Isan Kisan is playing with a double century,” he praised heartily.