MS Dhoni has officially announced his retirement from international cricket today, with many fans believing that the 2011 World Cup win was the biggest achievement of MS Dhoni’s captaincy career. While that achievement will always have a special place in everyone’s heart, in this article, we will discuss why the 2007 T20 World Cup was the most memorable triumph of MS Dhoni’s reign.
The former Indian cricket team captain Dhoni began his journey in the captaincy world after BCCI surprisingly handed him the captaincy of the team in 2007. With senior players out of the squad, MS Dhoni came under pressure of leading a B-team at a global event. Still, he did not give up and then made the team a champion.
The team started with a washout against Scotland, but then defeated Pakistan, England, Australia, and hosts South Africa to win its maiden T20 World Cup title. India got a new star in MS Dhoni. Before that event, Dhoni was seen as just another wicket-keeper batsman who could play big shots, unlike others.
Under Dhoni India won three ICC events in six years where previously they had won just two in their entire history & they became Test number one for the first time. As India became the game’s economic behemoth he brought them success on the field to match their domination off it.
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) August 15, 2020
As pointed out by one of the great cricket analysts, Freddie Wilde, the game in India changed forever between September 2007 and April 2008. The T20 World Cup triumph led to the birth of the IPL. Also, the tournament promoted the youngsters. This way, India’s cricket team became one of the best in the world in the next six years.
It got the perfect blend of youth and experience that was needed to succeed. Unfortunately, with MS Dhoni gone now, team India might struggle in many departments like the wicket-keeping section, batting in crunch situations, and also taking the DRS from behind the stumps. MS Dhoni’s 2007-2008 captaincy was also game-changing because he dared to take bold decisions. He was willing to drop the team’s best batsmen only because they were slow on the field. Really, MS Dhoni will be remembered as a legendary captain in cricket!
