Inspiring the inspirational: 5 things MS Dhoni is yet to achieve in his cricketing career

4. Grooming a successor

Virat Kohli would do a world of good to himself and Team India if he learns from MS Dhoni

Virat Kohli has been Dhoni’s understudy for quite some time now and though the team led by the Delhi lad won against Zimbabwe 5-0, Kohli is nowhere close to being the finished product he has the potential to be as a leader.

His temperament is still questionable and Dhoni’s lessons to Virat will decide how India’s next captain shapes up to the challenge of being the most scrutinised cricketer, past or present, in India after Sachin Tendulkar.

Cheteshwar Pujara has been marked as the future leader for India in whites and though Kohli’s future isn’t under doubt in India’s Test team, Pujara fulfills the requirements to the T if India are looking at the option of multiple captains for different formats.

Throw in Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma in the mix, and Dhoni has the responsibility to find the ideal person for the job. The prospects of Raina and Sharma decrease when considering that neither is a certainty in all forms of the game.