Captain's Corner: MS Dhoni vs Ricky Ponting

#3. Away Record

During his captaincy tenure, Ponting made Australia a pretty dominant team abroad

Test Captaincy Record Away From Home

	Span	Matches Captained	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win Percentage
Dhoni	2009-2014	30	6	15	9	20%
Ponting	2004-2010	38	19	11	8	50%

Ponting is the clear winner here with a percentage of 50 compared to Dhoni’s 20. India did come out on top when they faced a Ponting-led Australia under the leadership of Dhoni on all three occasions but then again, those matches were held at India’s home ground. Dhoni and Ponting never had a chance to cross paths in any Test match in Australia.

ODI Captaincy Record Away From Home

	Span	Matches Captained	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win Percentage
Dhoni	2008-2016	126	67	48	3	8	53.18%
Ponting	2002-2011	140	103	29	2	6	73.57%

Both players have led their respective teams to victories in most of the ODIs they captained but the Australian once again comes out on top with an impressive win percentage of 73.57%.

T20I Captaincy Record Away From Home

	Span	Matches Captained	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win Percentage
Dhoni	2007-2016	52	31	18	1	2	59.62%
Ponting	2005-2009	13	3	10	0	0	23.08%

Here, Dhoni is the undisputed winner with a win percentage close to 60%, bettering Ponting’s meagre 23.08%. To make it a little fairer, Dhoni’s win percentage until Ponting’s days as T20 skipper (i.e till the 2009 World T20) was 43.75%.

The only time India and Australia faced each other at a neutral venue under the leadership of MSD and Punter was during the 2007 World T20 where India beat Australia by 14 runs.