This case is about the charismatic ex-captain of the Indian national cricket team

This case is about the charismatic ex-captain of the Indian national cricket team

This case is about the charismatic ex-captain of the Indian national cricket team (in short format) Mahendra Singh Dhoni.  The case outlines the emergence of Dhoni as a leader, exploration of his leadership style through his journey of spectacular rises and controversies.  Dhoni became the captain of the team in 2007, and soon became the most successful captain in the history of Indian cricket.  The case talks about how a small town boy emerged as a tall star in the midst of giants like Sachin, Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.  A big part of India’s turnaround from a bunch of straggling individuals to an aggressive and consistent combination has to do with Dhoni’s leadership.  Dhoni has a couple of admirable attributes as a leader.  The players believe in him and he remains as calm as light air.  He has carried Team India to victory so many times by keeping his head and hitting judiciously that the team believe he can indeed perform miracles.  This is the type of mentally strong performance that engenders great loyalty and inspires players to give everything they have got for the captain.  Team India blossoms under his Captaincy.  The case also discusses his announcement of retirement from test cricket and the stunning mount during the recent world cup. 
Introduction
A leader is said to be good when he/she knows exactly how to manage their troops individually and take up the responsibility to deliver when the chips are down”.  Well this quote goes for leaders across the globe related to all fields.  But as far as sports are concerned, we have witnessed some exceptional leadership skills by captains in any game from time to time and win matches for their countries or franchises.  Today, when youth ponder who is the best pioneer of their time, one of the appropriate response comes into mind in a split second and he is none other than our nation?s dearest and the ex-skipper of Indian cricket, MS Dhoni.  He not just motivates the cricketing scene with his administration aptitudes yet additionally advances great authority quality in a nation like India where there is lack of good pioneers.  A real daring individual, a match victor and a man with great cricketing sense and gut impulse, Dhoni has everything to influence the world to go wild about him.  Maybe these characteristics when acknowledged with regards to the aggressive soul of the diversion and the complexities of the advancing idea of the amusement would maybe clarify why Dhoni holds a notable status as pioneer and maybe one of the best Indian cricket commanders who has put Indian cricket to another platform to rank at the main spot in all types of cricket.  This case is about the Charismatic Captain of the Indian Cricket group, M.S.Dhoni.  He turned into the chief of the group in 2007 for debut T20 world container.  He assumed control over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid around the same time and Test Captaincy from Anil Kumble in 2008.Under his captaincy India won all the four ICC trophies (NO.1 in test positioning, ODI World container, Champions trophy, T20 world glass).  It?s been a long time since he assumed control India?s initiative and he has seen everything there is to be seen.  His administration aptitudes, certainty, prepared to try, humbleness, managing enemies, remaining quiet under strain , greatest usage of assets and empowering and offering the credit to colleagues charmed him in the group.  Specialists named him “Skipper Extraordinary” is
Background
M.S. Dhoni was born on seventh July 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand).  In his adolescence, he at first exceeded expectations in badminton and football and was chosen at area and club level in these games.  He was a goalkeeper for his football group and was sent to play cricket for a nearby cricket club by his football mentor.  Despite the fact that he had not played cricket, he awed with his wicket-keeping aptitudes and turned into the customary wicketkeeper at the Commando cricket club (1995– 1998).  In view of his execution at club cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship and performed well.  He concentrated on cricket after his tenth standard.  Dhoni was incorporated into the Bihar U-19 squad for the 1998– 99 season and along these lines to the toward the East Zone U-19 squad for the CK Nayudu trophy.  He made his Ranji Trophy make a big appearance for Bihar in the 1999– 2000 season as an eighteen-year-old.  His ability was found by means of the BCCI’s residential community ability spotting activity TRDW (Talent Resource Development Wing).  He was found by TRDO (Talent Resource Development Officer) PC Podar, Captain of Bengal during the 1960s, when he saw him play for Jharkhand at a match in Jamshedpur in 2003, and sent an answer to the National Cricket Academy.  He was perceived for his endeavors in the 2003/04 season, particularly in the ODI design and was picked for the India A squad for a voyage through Zimbabwe and Kenya.  His execution in the arrangement gotten consideration from the then Indian skipper – Sourav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri among others.  Be that as it may, the India A group mentor Sandeep Patil suggested Dinesh Karthik for a place in the Indian squad as wicketkeeper/batsman.  The Indian ODI group in the mid 2000s saw Rahul Dravid as the wicket-guardian to guarantee that the wicket-attendant spot didn’t need in batting ability.  The group additionally observed the passage of wicketkeeper/batsmen from the lesser positions with abilities like Parthiv Patel and Dinesh Kartik (the two India U-19 chiefs)) named in the Test squads.  With Dhoni making a check in the India A squad, he was picked in the ODI squad for the Bangladesh visit in 2004/2005 pursued by Pakistan ODI arrangement in which he scored 148 off just 123 conveyances.  Dhoni’s 148 outperformed the before record for the most noteworthy score by an Indian wicket-attendant.  In Srilanka Bilateral ODI arrangement, 2005 he scored unbeaten 183 off 145 balls, winning for India.  The innings set different records including the most noteworthy individual score in ODI cricket in the second innings, a record that still stands.  In December 2005, Dhoni was compensated a B-review decrease by the BCCI.  Because of his steady ODI exhibitions, he got the main position in the ICC ODI Rankings for batsmen in April 2006.  He was named bad habit chief of the ODI group for the arrangement against South Africa in Ireland and the ensuing India-England seven-coordinate ODI arrangement.  He, who got a ‘B’ review contract in December 2005, was granted an ‘A’ review contract in June 2007and likewise was chosen as commander of the Indian squad for the World Twenty20 in September 2007.  He driven India to the ICC World Twenty 20 trophy in South Africa with a triumph over most outstanding adversaries Pakistan in a seriously battled last in 2007, and turned into the second Indian commander to have won a World Cup in any type of cricket, after Kapil Dev.  It is under his captaincy that India won 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup last against Srilanka. 

Exploration of Leadership Style
He had a vision of a future better than the status quo for Indian Cricket Team and was able to clarify the importance of his vision in terms that are understandable to others.  He became India?s most successful cricket captain leading India to win three world titles.  His success story started as the team leader in Twenty20 World Cup to break new ground in a limited over format completely alien to Team India and left behind an unbelievable performance trail exhorting his teammates to match up to their full potential.  Vision, clear thinking and a cool head, Dhoni showed great leadership traits in profusion all through the tournament.  The outcome of the matches didn’t seem to deter him one bit and that’s been his strength.  Not worrying much about the outcome, but playing on, just plain enthusiasm to prove, is all he as a leader and his team demonstrated in abundance.  He was candid enough to admit that in the semi-finals he read the wicket wrong hinting that he did gamble in the team selection strategizing smartly using the resources available. He gave the last over of the When everybody was debating on where the Indian team is heading under the captaincy of M.S Dhoni, he announced his retirement from test cricket on 30th December 2015 immediately after India lost the Test series to Australia following a drawn third Test.  When he was captain in all formats, Dhoni had complete control over the Indian team.  For a long while, he was the man with the golden touch.  But as India began to lose matches, especially in overseas Test matches, Dhoni’s position became shaky.  The last straw was when Virat Kohli captained India to victory in the ODI series at home against Sri Lanka in Dhoni’s absence.  And when the Australia tour began, Kohli was again at the helm as Dhoni was unfit.  Despite losing the first Test in Adelaide, Kohli impressed critics by the way he led.  The emergence of Kohli as leader and a split in the Test and ODI captaincy has led to two power centres within the team.  It is quite paradoxical that Dhoni had total control of the team when the Indian lineup was studded with stars like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, and Sourav Ganguly, down to Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan.  They had all built their name and reputation. 
Statistical comparison: Sourav Ganguly vs MS Dhoni as captains
Captaincy record in Tests:
Matches Won Lost Drawn Win Percentage
Sourav Ganguly 49 21 13 15 42.60%
MS Dhoni 60 27 18 15 45%

Conclusion and Discussion
Dhoni presently winds up amidst a thundering validity emergency in spite of having numerous firsts and curious accomplishments in his record books.  He possesses an exceptional place in India?s cricket history as the country?s best cricket skipper who won T20 and ODI World Cups, even a commander like Saurav Ganguly couldn’t accomplish this accomplishment.  Each time he was very nearly losing captaincy, Dhoni had skiped back with great exhibitions.  Into his fourth year in universal cricket, he was picked the chief and 6th year; he got an incredible support of Rs 200 crore.  Ganguly had moved toward becoming commander in the eighth year of his vocation and Sachin Tendulkar in the seventh.  Growing up isn’t the equivalent as developing old.  A man?s age is tallied in numbers however his development is estimated in understanding.  There is a stage in one?s life where he develops as a man and comprehends the world more than he did in all the earlier decades he lived.  For Mahendra Singh Dhoni, that stage started from September 2007 – when he was given control of the Indian Cricket Team – and seven years on, it goes on.  In spite of the fact that he has resigned from test cricket, regardless he has parcel of cricket left in him and maybe, for us, there are more exercises to gain from him.  In general, Dhoni has been sufficiently fortunate to have drawn extensively less fire when contrasted with other Indian cricket commanders.  Be that as it may, he has a decent amount of feedback.  Many had figured Dhoni would perhaps pass the one-day mallet to Virat Kohli on the off chance that he proceeded to end up the primary Indian captain to lift the World Cup trophy on a second back to back event.  Yet, he was clear about his one-day future paying little mind to India’s destiny in World Cup 2015.Unless Dhoni’s frame slides definitely one year from now, Indian cricket will now prop up for part captainship days ahead with Virat proceeding to fill in as Dhoni’s representative in one-day cricket alongside his obligations as Test skipper.  Genuine, that in most recent couple of years Team India execution isn’t at standard with desires yet does this place his administration abilities under investigation?