3 Greatest IPL Captains of all time

#1 MS Dhoni

Captain Cool with IPL Trophy

Dhoni's journey to greatness began when he successfully led an unheralded, young and inexperienced Indian side to the inaugural World T20 championship. Dhoni used the IPL to further his reputation as a great leader with the ability to motivate individual ordinary cricketers to achieve extra-ordinary milestones collectively. His cool minded approach even when under immense pressure has won him admirers from his opponents as well.

Dhoni's record as captain of the Chennai Super Kings is simply astounding. In 9 years as captain, he has led the Super Kings to 7 trips to the finals and 3 titles. His team's win in the last edition was perhaps the most astonishing of all their wins. The Super Kings had more than nine players who were over 30 years old. Few experts gave them a chance to win the title. But Dhoni led that team to a dominating performance and ultimately to the Super King's third title.

Dhoni's win percentage as captain of 61.97% is the best in the league. But, his greatness lies well beyond such statistics. He has proved the fact that a leader's success cannot be accurately gauged by statistics. It is the number of people that he's inspired that tells the real story. Whichever way you choose to slice the cake, the bottom line is that Dhoni is the greatest IPL captain of all time.