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

#1 The results

MS Dhoni walks into his house to a cabinet filled with just about every major trophy there is to grab. The World Cup, the World T20, the Champions Trophy and the IPL titles, all were pocketed with style, deeming him fit to be called India’s greatest captain ever.

The most experienced captain in world cricket, MS Dhoni boasted of a higher win percentage than his predecessors in ODIs: Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin.

What makes the victories sweeter is that the paths to those triumphs weren’t rosy, and Dhoni & Co had to brush aside the odds. He carried an inexperienced side to his maiden captaincy assignment, the World T20 in 2007, and returned with the title. In 2011, he shrewdly managed a concoction of youth and experience to juice out the best, and the result was there to see. For CSK, he developed a core group around whom the team revolved, winning two consecutive titles.

He helped realise a twenty-eight-year-old pending dream, and walked off to the sidelines after steering the team to victory.

Some people are just destined for greatness, others create their own destiny. He’ll walk away eventually, but his legacy will stay.”Shabaash, MSD bhai”!