Simply MSD - A Genuine Team Player

When team loses, he blames himself. When team wins, he says 'Credit to the boys.'

Dhoni is his name. lets see how genuine this guy is, to be more precise My Role Model is.

When team needs him to play as a bashing/dashing bully at the top. He accepted it and did played at the start without bothering about his own career and scored quick runs at the top.

When team goes through a rough patch losing the 2007 50 over world cup. Everyone needed a change, They were in need of someone who can lift the team's confidence and help them play their natural innings again.

And one man stood up and accepted the challenge, not as a player but as a Captain to lead in the inaugural T20 world cup in South Africa with a bunch of young talented lads.

He himself is new to handle the pressure of big tournaments and more importantly captaining the Indian team is not a joke, it is tough and you are carrying the dreams of billion fans around the globe Who are chanting 'INDIA, INDIA' and cheering for you all the time.

And there is media who does the same when you win and also very much ready to question your temperament at the time of defeat.

Rahuld Dravid once mentioned this statement about MSD, 'He used to give fielding advices and suggestions when he is new to the team...'. 

Rahul is the one who recommended his name and he only identified that this man will change the history of Captaincy in the coming days. What Rahul thought was cent percent right and MSD rightly led India to victory in the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup 2007.

And the midas touch of MSD started to work from there on, whatever he touched resulted in victory.

He led India to a famous CB series victory in Australia.

The best was, when he brought back the world cup after 28 long years in his own Hallmark style with a huge six. (This moment always gives goosebumps to all the indian fans)

He never backed down on any challenges put on him. Always goes for a shot at it. No matter who his opponents are.

• He can take Shoaib Akthar's bouncer to the cleaners in test.
• He can score at a strike rate of 400+ in  Dale Steyn's last over in IPL. 
• He can hit Johnson for a six over his head to finish the game.
• He can hit two consecutive sixes to lead CSK to IPL seminfinals.
• He can stand with a tail ender for 2 hours to save a match for India.

When comes to fitness no one is better than this man. He used to take rest only when he wanted to give young captains to have a glimpse of the pressure he handles. That helped players like Virat, Raina to have some good expereience under their belt.

Dhoni is a genuine team player.

To prove the above line. one incident is enough. The time when he acted as a 12th man and carried drinks to his boys. It is not manadate for a captain to carry that but, he did that. Simply because, He is MSD

He is the one who changed the culture of Indian fans Who used to switch off their Television sets when Sachin is gone.

Because, "Why FEAR? when Dhoni is here..."

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