MS DHONI

An unpopular choice, MS Dhoni is widely regarded as the best ever Indian captain in limited-overs. He has the trophies in the cabinet to back this claim, with ICC World T20 2007, ICC World Cup 2011 and ICC Champions Trophy 2013 medals around his neck, apart from numerous bilateral series win including the first-ever tri-series win in Australia in 2008.

“Dhoni's comeback into the Indian fold looks very difficult”, reckons Sehwag

Dhoni-led India to semi-finals of the 2015 World Cup in Australia, having retired from Test cricket a year earlier. Many thought that his ODI retirement would also follow soon and the speculations were not baseless. Dhoni, once of the hardest and biggest hitters of the ball, was losing that power in the end and required help from the likes of Hardik Pandya to finish games.

When 2018 and 2019 approached fans seemingly had an inkling that the end was near, but a stunning comeback in the IPL 2018, where he led the CSK team to the win, gave new wind to his career and he continued till the 2019 World Cup. However, he hasn’t been seen on the cricket field since India’s defeat in semi-finals.

The selectors have moved on from him since then giving umpteen chances to Rishabh Pant and now KL Rahul. However, MS Dhoni is still in the frame for a return for T20 World Cup 2020, if he shows he still got it. Unfortunately, the greatest finisher in ODI and T20I cricket should have called time on his career after the 2016 World T20, where India reached the semis. It would have kept his legacy intact, instead of the current questions of whether he should continue or not.