Dhoni surpass Ganguly, Most Successful Test Captain

MS Dhoni becomes India's Best Test Captain to go past Sourav Ganguly, with India's humiliating win against Australia with innings and 135 run win in 2nd test Hyderabad.

Dhoni overtakes Ganguly, India Most Successful Test Captain

It was Dhoni's 22nd win as Test Capatain in his 45 Tests, with a siginificant winning percentage 47, and in process he goes past most aggressive and decisive former captain Sourav Ganguly's record of 21 victories from 49 Tests. Ganguly's feet of 21 Test wins stood for eight years before Dhoni overtook him after inflicting another humiliating loss on Australia. Ganguly is reckoned as India's most successful captain in all formats. 

MS Dhoni's achievement is also worth notice because his 22 wins have come in 45 matches while Ganguly captained India in 49 Tests. What differs Dhoni from Ganguly is the fact that Ganguly had more wins outside of India but the former has more time on his hands now, it seems. Dhoni's latest feat comes after he had previously led the team to title triumphs at the World Twenty20 in South Africa in 2007, and in the 50-over World Cup in India in 2011. There was also the No. 1 ranking in Test cricket, which India held between December 2009 and August 2011.

Also, Dhoni has already achieved what Ganguly never managed - a win in South Africa and New Zealand - but still has to prove his worth in Australia and England.

Dhoni has recorded more wins in fewer games than Ganguly. Dhoni also has three overseas wins, one each in New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies. Besides Dhoni and Ganguly, lets check some of Indian Captain stats as well...Mohammed Azharuddin is third in list with 14 wins, followed by Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and Sunil Gavaskar are tied on fourth with nine wins each. 

Player	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw	Tied	Win %	Loss %
MS Dhoni	45	22	12	11	0	47.72	27.27
Sourav Ganguly	49	21	13	15	0	42.85	26.53
Mohammed Azharuddin	47	14	14	19	0	29.78	29.72
Sunil Gavaskar	47	9	8	30	0	19.14	17.02
M. A. K. Pataudi	40	9	19	12	0	22.50	47.5
Rahul Dravid	25	8	6	11	0	32.00	24.00
BS Bedi	22	6	11	5	0	27.27	50.00
Ajit Wadekar	16	4	4	8	0	25.00	25.00
Kapil Dev	34	4	7	22	1	11.76	20.58
Sachin Tendulkar	25	4	9	12	0	16.00	36.00

However, Dhoni captaincy came under sever criticism after India's summer of England in 2011, as they lost series with 4-0 and also whitewashed by Australians in their soil in 2012. Later India lost home series to Englishmen to 2-1 on home soil since 1984-85. So, Dhoni's captaincy will be more scrutinised in abroad test.....

India defeat Australia, with innings and 135 runs in 2nd Test Hyderbad

Hope, India comes good under the captaincy of MS Dhoni to retain ICC Test Team..

MS Dhoni: Best finisher ever

Indian skipper, MS Dhoni is considered as the best finisher in the present ODI cricket. Dhoni even rated the beat of all the greats like Michael Beavan Lance Klusener, Abdul Razzaq and Jonty Rhodes.

India has just finished two most tense and most thrilling games on the ongoing CB series in Australia. Dhoni played two absolute gem of innings to finish the game. But not to take the credit from Gambhir’s bat as he played most difficult part of the innings in both the games, but finishing off games is most important in one-day cricket. The two consecutive knocks at Adelaide retell Dhoni’s reputation as one of the finest finishers in the one-day game.

Even Dhoni’s rivals accept the fact that he is bet finisher in the ODI cricket. Australian skipper Michael Clarke was left feel sorry about his team’s fate after Dhoni chased down the 13 runs in the last over and takes India to victory. In match against Sri Lanka Dhoni played really well to finish the game in tie, where India needed 4 from 1 ball. Dhoni placed it over cover fielder for 3 runs, and there are no words of Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene over the tie what could be a possible win for them.

However, Dhoni stated that it was very difficult to bat low-down the order and win games. He credits his teammate Yuvraj Singh as the best finisher, Yuvi the only one consistent batsman lower down the order was at number six, who bats really well. Dhoni admits that no job in one-day cricket is as difficult as that of a finishing. A player has to be able to hit big yet be capable of manipulating the field with deft placements. He needs to be an excellent judger of a run and must have the speed to convert a singles into a doubles.

Captain cools’ stats suggest that He is nest finisher ever the cricketing world has witnessed. Dhoni has remained notout in 30 of India's 49 successful run chases and scored at an average of 104.89. Despite, - Michael Bevan, Lance Klusener, Abdul Razzaq and Jonty Rhodes who were considered best in finishing the games were nowhere near to Dhoni. Dhoni has played 200 matches and stayed unbeaten 50 times or in every fourth innings of his career. With 44 fifties and 7 centuries, Dhoni is scoring at least a half century in every 4 innings.

MS Dhoni’s stats in successful run-chases:

M	I	NO	Runs	Avg	100s	50s	Highest
62	49	30	1993	104.89	2	14	183*

Dhoni’s record in successful run-chases since he took up captaincy:

M	I	NO	Runs	Avg	100s	50s	Highest
37	30	18	1123	93.58	1	8	101*

List of successful run-chasers in ODI:

Player	M	I*	NO	Runs	Avg	100s	50s	Highest
MS Dhoni	62	49	30	1993	104.89	2	14	183*
Michael Clarke	58	44	24	1784	89.20	3	15	105*
Michael Bevan	75	45	25	1725	86.25	3	12	107
Misbah-ul-Haq	34	24	14	859	85.90	0	7	93*
Michael Hussey	49	25	17	671	83.87	0	3	75*
Graham Thorpe	26	21	9	849	70.75	0	9	82
Shane Watson	46	34	9	1759	70.36	5	9	185*
Hansie Cronje	54	43	19	1682	70.08	0	15	94*

Rahul Dravid is considered as ‘Wall’ of Indian Cricket in test.

Is MS Dhoni fit for the mane ‘THE WALL’ in One-day cricket?

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