5 reasons why MS Dhoni was India's most loved captain

#2 Keeping cool

Mushfiqur Rahim was sure he had done it. As he ran across after hitting a boundary off Hardik Pandya, he pumped his fist in the air, having taken Bangladesh a stone’s throw away from victory in their World T20 fixture at the Chinnaswamy.

Then there was MS Dhoni, his keeping counterpart, standing calmly behind the stumps, calculating scenarios in his head and hatching a plan to snatch the bait from inside the lion’s mouth. Bangladesh needed two off three, but Dhoni was sharp enough to effect fielding changes, take one glove off and coolly sprint to the stumps and out-run a teenager to seal the match by a run.

Even with matches slipping away from his hand, he used to have a deadpan expression on his face, always ready to somehow solve the problem by wearing his unflinching demeanour and cucumber-cool approach.

As captain for the Rising Pune Supergiants last year, he endured a torrid season, with injuries derailing a promising debut season, but was calm enough to drive them home against Kings XI Punjab by hitting 23 runs in the last over, sealing the match with a six to show he’s still the best finisher.