MS Dhoni is one of the most successful captains in Indian cricket history. Indian cricket has touched new heights under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, the Indian team won the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2011 ODI World Cup, and the 2013 Champions Trophy. Even today, in the list of most successful captains in the limited oven format, MS Dhoni’s name is at the top. MS Dhoni’s name comes at the top of the list of most successful captains of Indian cricket as well as IPL. Under MS Dhoni’s captaincy, Chennai Super Kings has won the IPL title thrice and Chennai Super Kings has also been successful in winning the Champions League twice under their captaincy.
MS Dhoni has been captaining Chennai Super Kings since 2008 and MS Dhoni is the only IPL captain to have witnessed three generations of IPL captaincy. He was the captain when experienced players like Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, and Rahul Dravid were captains. He had commanded the captaincy even during the captaincy of his teammates like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Suresh Raina and now even young players like Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, and Sanju Samson are captains of their respective teams, he is still the captain of the Chennai Super Kings.
MS Dhoni has left a different mark in international cricket, but as a captain, MS Dhoni has a different status in IPL as well. MS Dhoni has achieved every milestone in the IPL as a captain. Chennai Super Kings is the most successful team of IPL after Mumbai Indians and under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings have reached the finals a record 9 times, out of which they have also won the IPL title thrice. Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings has got a different position and due to MS Dhoni, the fan following of Chennai Super King is the highest at this time. Chennai Super Kings is also considered one of the most famous teams of IPL.
MS Dhoni has gone through good phases as well as bad phases in IPL as captain. In 2015, Chennai Super Kings were found involved in match-fixing cases and were banned from the 2016 and 2017 IPL seasons. In 2016, MS Dhoni was given the captaincy of Rising Pune Supergiants, but in the middle of the 2017 season, Steve Smith was made the captain of Rising Pune Supergiants by snatching the captaincy from M.S.D, there was a shocking moment for all his fans. In 2018, Chennai Super Kings once again returned under the captaincy of MS Dhoni and won the IPL trophy after performing brilliantly in their comeback season. Chennai Super Kings have performed consistently under the captaincy of MS Dhoni and it is expected that CSK will perform the same in the coming season.
