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Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has set a benchmark for other Indian captains to follow. The only captain to win all the three ICC trophies in the cabinet has earned a lot of respect from the renowned cricketers across the world. Indian team head coach Ravi Shastri is one of them as he has hailed Dhoni as the “greatest white-ball captain ever.” According to Shastri, Dhoni has achieved almost everything as a captain in the limited-overs format of the game. Shastri's praise of words for captain cool Dhoni included,” The King Kong. There’s no one close to him.”
Shastri’s words of praise
“Dhoni is the greatest white-ball captain ever. Just look at his record in ICC tournaments. What has he not won? IPL, Champions League, all ICC tournaments, two World Cups. There is no one close to him when it comes to white-ball cricket. He has to be the greatest. The King Kong, you can call him in that fashion,” the 59-year-old told Fan Code.
“When you see Dhoni captaining a side, and you see Chennai Super Kings (CSK), there’s that assurance and calmness of things in control. The other side might me whacking sixes or fours but you still get the feeling there is this composure and control,” the former Indian all-rounder added.
Achievements of Dhoni
Captain cool Dhoni is the only captain to win all the three ICC trophies in the history of cricket. When he first became the captain of team India in 2007, he went on to win the inaugural season of ICC T20 World Cup with a young Indian team. Four years later, in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Dhoni hit the winning six in the final and won the trophy for India after a long wait of 28 years. In the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Dhoni guided the team to another ICC tournament win and became the only captain to win all three trophies.
