5 best ODI wins under MS Dhoni

#1 India vs Sri Lanka, World Cup finals 2011, Mumbai

Perhaps the greatest match for MS Dhoni, for Sachin Tendulkar, for Yuvraj Singh, and for all the team members was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Batting first, Sri Lanka posted a challenging 274 runs in their 50 overs on the back of a terrific century by Mahela Jayawardene.

India did not get off to an entirely bright start and lost Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag for only 31 runs.

However, as if it was all scripted, captain Dhoni played the innings of his life and along with Gautam Gambhir pushed India very close to victory.

Gambhir was dismissed for 97, Dhoni held the stage and that final six which sealed the deal for India saw him remain unbeaten on 91.

This is what Dhoni said at the end of this match, "I took a quite few decisions tonight, if we hadn't won I would have been asked quite a few questions: Why no Ashwin, Why Sreesanth. Why no Yuvraj, Why did I bat ahead?! That pushed me and motivated to do well. The pressure had got to me in the previous games. In this game, I wanted to bat up the order and Gary backed me and by the senior players. I had a point to prove to myself. Virat and Gautam batted brilliantly; lots of singles. Then with the help of bit of dew, we put pressure on the spinners. I would have liked Gautam to go on and get that big hundred."