Introduction
In today’s world, various types of sports are being played, and tournaments regarding those sports are also held yearly, and the Olympics at every 4 years, interval deserves the special mention. Through sports, a sportsman not only earns money or fame but also represents his skills and talents in front of the whole world, and undoubtedly their games really give us full entertainment.
There are several famous sportspersons from different sports such as cricket, football, hockey, badminton, athletics, boxing, tennis etc but there are very special sportspersons who can be a role model of anyone, whether he is a common people or a rising sportsman. Those players not only have raised our prestige to the apex but also have taught us how to be determined and disciplined in your life in order to get success.
Really, there are several famous players in cricket, and cricket is a very famous game in India. The madness for cricket of the Indian people is really amazing, and their cries from the stadium is also noteworthy. Among those famous Indian cricketers, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a name that has been established in the heart of every Indian cricket fan. MS Dhoni not only a great wicketkeeper-batsman of India but also the greatest captain of Team India in cricket history.
Rise of MS Dhoni:
Yes, it is true that most of the Indian cricketers have come from the mega cities of India, but MS Dhoni rose up from the state of Jharkhand, and it is he who has shown that a player from a small state can see a big dream. He started his professional career with a job at Kharagpur Railway Station, but his passion for cricket impelled him to do something better. That’s why he left the job and decided to focus fully on cricket in order to make a place in the Indian squad. As a result, he got a chance in the national team through the reference of the captain Sourav Ganguly at that time.
He failed to score runs in his first few matches, but he never lost his self-reliance and confidence. After failure in three or four matches, he played a brilliant knock of 148 runs against Pakistan, and from that day the name MS Dhoni came into the spotlight. Later, he scored 183 runs against Sri Lanka, which was the greatest knock by any Indian wicketkeeper-batsman, and it was also his highest individual score. Gradually, he became a dependable batsman and wicketkeeper, and the term ‘finisher’ was used to refer to him. He finished several matches and led his team to the path of victory.
Success of MS Dhoni as a captain:
After getting success as a dependable wicketkeeper-batsman of India he was selected as the new captain of T20 world cup 2007, which was held for the first time. With great captaincy, MS Dhoni’s new Indian team, full of young players, won the T20 World Cup for the first time by beating Pakistan, and it can be said that the golden era of a great captain was started.
No one expected that India could win the T20 World Cup under a young, inexperienced captain, Dhoni, and T20 World Cup was his first ICC tournament won as a captain. Again, the 2011 World Cup Indian team was led by captain MS Dhoni, and the whole team performed at their level best throughout the whole tournament.
As a result, India lifted the World Cup trophy after a lapse of 28 years, and history was created once again after 1983. In the final match, MS Dhoni played an outstanding, especially a match-winning knock of 91 runs with some impeccable and magnificent shots. Besides winning the World Cup,p he also won 3 ipl trophies for CSK ,and it is also a great achievement of him.
Later in 2013,MS Dhoni led the team India in Champions Trophy 2013,and by his brilliant captaincy he won the Champions Trophy without losing any match of the tournament. He also showed how a captain be so calm,cool and composed under pressure during the match, and can change the momentum of the game. MS Dhoni is still now proclaimed as “Captain Cool “,and it is true MS Dhoni like cricketer comes once in a century. After his retirement from international cricket, a great gap has been created in the Indian cricket.
Conclusion
Hence, it can be said MS Dhoni is not only India’s all-time greatest captain but also one of the most successful captains of world cricket according to winning trophies. A real sportsman has shown how to keep his head cool and be composed under pressure and bear the palm at last. For all these qualities, MS Dhoni is the inspiration of billions all over the world, and he will remain a bright star in Indian cricket who is born to make history.
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