5 trophies India will always thank MS Dhoni for

#4 2007 ICC T20 World Cup, South Africa

The T20 World Cup in 2007 was the first major trophy for Dhoni as captain

India had an experimental side and no one really knew at that point, how big T20 would become. Handing over the reins to a 26-year old swashbuckling keeper-batsman seemed too rebellious to be true and not much was expected. Dhoni knew a thing or two about proving detractors wrong when they expected nothing, hailing from Jharkhand, their Ranji team wasn’t even mentioned in Ranji Trophy folklore until he appeared on the scene.

But the selectors’ decision turned out to be a masterstroke and with a team full of future super-stars, Dhoni won for India the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup – 24 years after it had won its last World Cup. Yuvraj’s knocks, India’s tie with Pakistan and the bowl-out, the unlikely win against the home team, South Africa, beating a strong Australian side in the semi-final and then finally the arch-rivals Pakistan in the final – it was a fairy-tale and as clichéd as it sounds, a legend was born.

That juggernaut didn’t stop for a decade, winning everything in its wake. And how can we forget the move to let Joginder Sharma bowl probably India’s most memorable over?