Dhoni was recommended for captaincy by Sachin Tendulkar. In 2007, when Rahul Dravid resigned as Test and ODI captain, Sachin Tendulkar was offered captaincy by the board of selectors and Sharad Pawar, but Sachin politely refused and said, "Give it to someone like Dhoni". The Board agreed.
In Mahi captaincy, Team India went on to win the inaugural T20 cricket World Cup 2007. In Mahi Captaincy, India manage First ever trilateral ODI series win in Australia in CB Series of 2007-08. In Dhoni Captaincy, India manage First ever bilateral ODI series win in Sri Lanka (IDEA CUP 2008). He captained Team India to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at home versus Australia. India went on to win the coveted 4 match Test series(2-0).Dhoni has half passed his first overseas tour of new zealand by winning the ODI series,which is the first ever series win in NZ by Indian team.Now he wants to complete this tour on high note by winning Test Series also. Since Dhoni has become captain Indian team is on the way of achieving No.1 spot in cricket rating.
Previous captains Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly have said that under Dhoni India will reach greater heights and even all time great Richard Hadlee said that "Under Dhoni,India will become the world no.1 team" and he also said that by this 2-0 win that the Australian dominance in the cricket world had finally come to an end.
Dhoni has already been compared to Australia's Steve Waugh for his captaincy skills. In the battle of nerves, the mental toughness accompanied with the cool temperament exhibited by Dhoni just resembles the times of Steve Waugh’s leadership.
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