5 Indian cricketers who deserve to be members of the MCC

#2 Mahendra Singh Dhoni

MSD is India’s most successful skipper in all formats

India’s current limited overs skipper, MS Dhoni has perhaps the most extensive resume any cricketer could wish for. From winning every ICC trophy as a captain to being one of the best finishers of the game, Mahi is already a legend in his own right. He had a disastrous debut in 2004 against Bangladesh where he was run out for a duck but he soon redeemed himself by a series of brilliant performances and just three years into his cricketing career, was handed the captaincy of the Indian cricket team.

He led India to an unexpected victory at the 2007 ICC World T20 and later led them to victory at the VB series in Australian in 2008. However, “Captian Cool’s” finest hour with the national team came at the 2011 World Cup where he scored a match-winning 91 to take India to their first World Cup since 1983.

Two years later, he led India to victory at the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, thus becoming the only captain to win every major ICC trophy. In a Test career lasting nine years, MSD scored 4876 runs at an average of 38.09, hitting 33 fifties and six hundreds.

In ODIs, he has scored 8918 runs at an average of 51.25 with 60 half-centuries and nine centuries and in T20Is, has scored 910 runs at an average of 32.50. He has taken a total of 294 dismissals in tests, 346 dismissals in ODIs and 43 dismissals in T20Is. Truly, one of India’s greatest cricketers ever.