3 Legends who changed Indian cricket

#1 MS Dhoni and the period from 2007-2014

Winning Captain's Press Conference - 2011 ICC World Cup

Following Kapil's era of self-belief and Ganguly's self-confidence, MS Dhoni's era was about winning and winning big. This new, young captain was a direct by-product of the virtues of the Kapil and Ganguly eras.

He ignored skeptics and critics while relying on his beliefs and self-confidence to lead a young and inexperienced brigade to an incredible T20 World Cup win in 2007.

He continued to lead from the front and his calm, calculative, and strategy-based captaincy style awed his opponents and mesmerized his teammates. They believed in him and it showed the way they fought for him on the field.

Dhoni taught his teammates how to win on the big stage. The number of World Cups, Champions Trophies, and Asia cups among other big wins is a testament to the culture of winning that Dhoni, India's greatest captain, instilled in his team.

While Indian cricket has been blessed by many stalwarts and achievers, there is no question that the contributions of Kapil Dev, Saurav Ganguly, and MS Dhoni were invaluable and pivotal to Indian cricket's rapid ascendancy.