india beat the west indian team which had dominated cricket for nearly a decade to win its first world cup in lords under kapil dev. many thought that this day could never be reciprocated. came in m.s.dhoni mainly for his batting skills with his unorthodox style of playing shots.
india were humiliated in the 2007 world cup when they were expected to avenge the defeat inflicted upon them by the ruthless australian team. instead of posing any serious challenge they were knocked out of the world cup in the group stage itself after losing to minions bangaldesh. this was by far the worst performance by the men in blue in the world cup. BCCI had to make amends to the team. dravid was immediately stripped of his captaincy and it was handed over to m.s.dhoni who by then established himself as a regular wicketkeeper for the team. the team was in deep turmoil and was no serious threat to the 3 time champions australia. next came the inaugural t20 world cup. dhoni was given a team of inexperienced and was sent on a experimental trip to south africa. without the experience of sachin,dravid or ganguly. india were placed in a relatively easy group with scotland and pakisthan. a win against scotland and a bowl out win against pakisthan saw them sail through into the super 8's where they had to play new zealand, south africa and england. they started with a loss to new zealand. after a magnificent disaplay of ruthless hitting yuvraj ensured that india remained as contenders. next up were the formidable proteas. a great spell from sreesanth not only made sure that the africans lost the match but also took them out of the tournament. the semifinals saw india take on australia. this was a day of redemption for india.. a day to avenge 2003.after picking up both gilchrist and hayden sreesanth sent india into the finals against arch nemesis pakisthan. dhoni was stuck in a terrible dilemma when he had to decide whom to bowl in the last over of the final. he finally chose joginder sharma as his knight. sharma repaid his captain's faith in him by taking the wicket of misbah-ul-haq. many said that india winning the t20 world cup was pure luck but this was just the beginning of a new era
after winning the t20 world cup the BCCI replaced the defunct icl with the ipl. ipl was a stepping stone for BCCI's dominance among the cricket bodies.hence it was necessary for dhoni to prove himself in the ipl too.
the inaugural season of the ipl saw dhoni(the player with the highest bid)steer his team to the finals of the ipl but losing to the rajasthan royals in the finale in a tight encounter which saw the royals win on the last ball.the second ipl saw dhoni's team chennai super kings lose in the semifinal to the royal challengers bangalore.the third ipl saw chennai super kings take on the defending champions deccan chargers in the semifinal. a good display by australian speedster doug bollinger took them to the finals where they comfortably won against the mumbai indians at mumbai.ipl season four saw chennai take on royal challengers bangalore in both the playoff and the final.they demolished the bangalore side in the final to give m.s.dhoni his second consecutive ipl trophy.until the start of the fifth season dhoni was only known for his tactics as a captain. but dhoni proved that he can bat when he carried chennai into the playoff's after a memorable innings against punjab. being the 4 team in the group stage they had to play three matches to win the cup. such was the schedule that even a team lead by m.s.dhoni was overwhelmed in the finals. the 6 th season witnessed the dominance of chennai where they comfortably cruised to the finals.they were unlucky to have been beaten by the mumbai innings side despite a captains knock from the man himself. dhoni was by far the most successful captain in the ipl with 6 consecutive semifinals and 2 consecutive trophies
champions league had never been won by an indian team .At the Champions League, the Super Kings were placed in Group A along with champions of Twenty20 competitions from Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. The Super Kings topped the Group table with three wins and a Super Over defeat to the Victorian Bushrangers. In the semi-final at Durban, the Super Kings comprehensively defeated IPL rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore by 52 runs. Raina won the Man of the match for his unbeaten 94 off 48 balls.[31] The Super Kings played their first CLT20 final at Johannesburg where they beat the Chevrolet Warriors by 8 wickets, becoming the first IPL team to win the CLT20.Murali Vijay won not only the Man of the Match in the final for his 58 but also the Golden Bat for scoring the most runs in the tournament and Ashwin, who was the leading wicket-taker, was adjudged the Player of the series.this made dhoni the first captain to complete a ipl champions league double
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