Mahendra Singh Dhoni - Best Leader Among Indian Captains

I am starting to write this post when India is 124/3 in the final between srilanka and india in WC 2011.The odds are fighting with the evens for India to Win.Dhoni at crease. There is a saying in tamil : இப்படை தோற்கின் எப்படை வெல்லும்(If this army looses , then which won will win ?).Thats the case of the Indian team now. This team has the strongest batting line up that i had ever seen since since i started watching  cricket. Even though previously Indian team was touted with the same tag when azhar , jadeja were ruling the crease , after that ganguly and dravid tearing the opposition those batting line ups have suck dust in front of Australian Glenn McGrath or pakistan's Wasim Akram.But this time the story is different. The young blood who bleed blue are not the same lame cows in the tiger's skin. The reason is mainly Dhoni. He always keeps his head cool. I have never seen his face sunken in deep sorrow in stages of distress. In a cool and calm way he strategies the next moves with only victory in the foresight.I have grown up seeing azhar lead the Indian team in his reign. But in those time , the entire team was dependent on Sachin. If Sachin scores , then India wins. If sachin fails , then india looses . Azhar would have got tired due to late night stress (!!!!! ;) ) as sangeeta bijlani would be seen travelling with him.He would come out to crease , score some runs here and there and then get out for the tail to fight for India . Even though he is the most classy player who can play flick at his legs , Winning for the country matters more than personal Tons. Then came Sachin , who is of course the best batsman India has ever produced , but unfortunately the leadership quality was missing in him. Then came ganguly.I would say , if there was a race among captains of India , Ganguly will come second . He built a young team . A more vibrant team that won us many matches. But unfortunately he fell under complacency. The same attitude jayalalitha had during 1996 TN Elections. Never weigh your opposition lightly. Then came Rahul Dravid. Even though dravid is a classy batsman  and was our WALL , he too lacked the leadership in him.Leadership is about making right decison at right times.And supporting the team and spearheading it. Shewag who came next also failed


But MS DHONI makes through all rules of the concept of leadership. 

1. No tension at the time of cat  on  the  wall situations.
2. Making right decisions at right time. 
3. Entrusting  his bowlers when given the last over. 
4. Not promoting himself in the top of the order even when he can do it using his power of captaincy (We have seen this with sachin , azhar , dravid , ganguly but rarely with dhoni) 
5. The art of Foreseeing. The decision  to include nehra amid strong opposition during India Pakistan semi final is an example. 

With Indian cricket booming around IPL, Dhoni actually has a lot of pressure on his shuolders and he never seems to be shoiwing a 'thinking man' face even when there are 1000's of camera in the stadium.I finish this blog here , wishing MS Dhoni to lift the cup  as India are 174/3 in 33.5 overs with MS Dhoni Still in the crease !!!!