So actually, Sehwag was captain of Indian team before Dhoni. MS Dhoni was handed over the captaincy of the Indian cricket for different formats at different periods of time. He became the T20 and ODI captain in 2007 . He took over the captaincy from Rahul Dravid.
In List A, he averages 27.36 with a strike rate of 78.37. Rishabh Pant appears to be the most likely replacement of Dhoni at present. Since Saha's injury, the left-hander from Delhi has been the first choice wicket-keeper in Test cricket. Rishabh Pant has been very impressive in the longer format of the game.
Mohammad Kaif Names His Pick Between MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly As The Best Indian Captain.
Next Captain of India after Kohli – Rahul does not have the experience of captaincy right now but he will be seen captaining Kings XI Punjab in the upcoming IPL 2020 season. He can also lead the captaincy of Team India in the years to come.
Vice-captain
Vice-captains are sometimes considered the full-time successor to the incumbent captain. Michael Clarke was Australia's vice-captain for three years before succeeding Ricky Ponting as captain in 2011.Best Cricket Captains of All Time
- Steve Waugh. Experience: 1997-2004. Country: Australia.
- Clive Lloyd. Experience: 1974 -85. Country: West Indies.
- Ricky Ponting. Experience: 2002-12.
- Greame Smith. Experience: 2003-14.
- MS Dhoni. Experience: 2007-18.
- Hansie Cronje. Experience: 1994-2000.
- Virat Kohli. Experience: 2013-present.
- Michael Clarke. Experience: 2008-15.
Key
| Name | Age | Bowling style |
|---|
| Test and ODI Captain |
|---|
| Mithali Raj | 37 | Right-arm leg break |
| T20I Captain |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 31 | Right-arm medium fast |
KL Rahul, who has been opening the innings for India in the absence of injured Shikhar Dhawan, was also handed the gloves in the ongoing T20I series. On Sunday, it was also time for Rahul to lead the side in the absence of an injured Rohit Sharma who was named stand-in after Virat Kohli rested himself for the 5th T20I.
With crucial cameos in crunch matches against South Africa and Pakistan in the final, Rohit impressed on his maiden international assignment. Post 2013, Rohit has settled into the role of an opener and has transformed himself into one of the world's most prolific limited-overs batsman.
Since colours have made their way into international cricket, the Indian cricket team has chosen blue as their primary colour. The blue colour of the uniform has earned them the nickname of 'Men in Blue' for the Indian cricket team.
India national cricket team
Odi Rankings - batting
| Rank | Player | Career Best Rating |
|---|
| 1 | Virat Kohli India | 911 v England, 17/07/2018 |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma India | 885 v Sri Lanka, 06/07/2019 |
| 3 | Babar Azam Pakistan | 846 v New Zealand, 06/01/2018 |
| 4 | Ross Taylor New Zealand | 841 v Bangladesh, 05/06/2019 |
Dhoni retired from Test cricket in 2014, though he continued representing India in shorter formats of the game. He led India to victory in three major global tournaments, but stepped down as captain in 2017.
Virat Kohli
| Personal information |
|---|
| National side | India (2008–present) |
| Test debut (cap 269) | 20 June 2011 v West Indies |
| Last Test | 29 February 2020 v New Zealand |
| ODI debut (cap 175) | 18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka |
In Terms of Captaincy,today Virat Kohli is most successful Indian Captain. Under Virat,India won 33 Test matches and is India's most successful Test Captain. Dhoni was the most Test successful Captain before Virat but his overseas test records are not so good. As a Batsman as well,he has no overseas century in Tests.
MS Dhoni has surpassed Sourav Ganguly's record of winning most tests as captain following the team's 4-0 whitewash over Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Dhoni now has 24 victories from 47 matches while Ganguly has 21 wins in 49 matches.
The 5 best finishers in world cricket currently
- #5 Ben Stokes (England)
- #4 Glenn Maxwell (Australia)
- #3 David Miller (South Africa)
- #2 MS Dhoni (India)
- #1 Jos Buttler (England)
Top 10 most 'Dangerous Hard Hitters' in Cricket
- Shahid Afridi. Shahid Khan Afridi Widely Known as BOOM BOOM and LALA Among his Team Mats, Afridi is one of most feared cricket batsman in world cricket.
- Chris Gayle. Chris Gayle is undisputed the World's Most dangerous cricket batsman ever.
- Kieron Pollard.
- Glenn Maxwell.
- Yuvraj Singh.
- MS Dhoni.
- Jesse Ryder.
- Virender Sehwag.
The current Indian T20 team has three players who made their debut under Rohit - Chahal and the Pandya b It's pretty clear to me by now that Rohit is the better captain of the two. He is no Dhoni, but he does most things better than Kohli. One of the great qualities of Rohit as captain is that he backs his players.
Harbhajan Singh thinks that MS Dhoni probably had decided that World Cup 2019 was his last international tournament. Veteran India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh doesn't see MS Dhoni playing for the Indian team again. Dhoni last played for India in the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand in July last year.
In an interview with a leading news daily, the veteran all-rounder said, "There are many players who are performing well but I think the biggest all-rounder is MS Dhoni. Dhoni is a wicketkeeper and batsman and has contributed immensely to the team."
Greatest Indian Cricket Players
- Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni, commonly known as MS Dhoni, is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national cricket team.
- Virat Kohli.
IPL 2020, Dhoni's swansong? MS Dhoni retired from Test cricket in 2014 and will probably not be a part of the Indian squad for the 2023 ODI World Cup. Coming to the T20 World Cup in October, Dhoni's selection depends on his performances during the IPL.
At least 11 players are certain to be picked into the squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami.
What is a vice captain's duty? - Quora. The duties are to assist the captain in taking decisions and building strategies and supporting the captain through out the game. He does everything that the captain is needed to do. Starting from the field placements to bowler rotation to deciding the batting order.
MS Dhoni will definitely play the 2019 WC, unless he gets injured. People say the Indian team should drop MS Dhoni but they don't realize how important he is to the Indian team.
