India won the T20 World Cup in 2007 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The amazing streak of Team India under Dhoni’s leadership started from here. After this, the 2011 ICC ODI World Cup trophy came to India after 28 years.
Dhoni will be seen in the role of mentor of Team India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced Team India for the T20 World Cup. This time for the T20 World Cup, BCCI has associated former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a mentor with Team India. In the T20 World Cup, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be seen in the role of the mentor of Team India.
BCCI Secretary Jay Shah said in a press conference to announce the squad for the T20 World Cup starting October 17 in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, “Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the mentor (guiding) of the team for the T20 World Cup. ) will be.
Dhoni only agreed to mentor for T20 World Cup
"Former India Captain @msdhoni to mentor the team for the T20 World Cup" – Honorary Secretary @JayShah #TeamIndia
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 8, 2021
He said, ‘I spoke to him in Dubai. He only agreed to be a mentor for the T20 World Cup and I discussed it with all my teammates and everyone agrees. I spoke to the captain (Virat Kohli) and vice-captain (Rohit Sharma) and everyone agrees.
Dhoni took retirement at the age of 40
Dhoni (40 years) had retired from international cricketer last year. The last match he played for India was in the 2019 World Cup semi-final. It is believed that he has been selected for this role in view of his experience in devising strategies for limited overs cricket. He knows how to win important ICC (International Cricket Council) tournaments. Kohli is not that experienced in this.
Dhoni has been the captain to win all three major ICC trophies.
India won the T20 World Cup in 2007 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The amazing streak of Team India under Dhoni’s leadership started from here. After this, the 2011 ICC ODI World Cup trophy came to India after 28 years.
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Dhoni became the only captain to win all three major ICC trophies.
Two years after this victory, in 2013, India also won the Champions Trophy under Dhoni’s captaincy. With this, Dhoni became the only captain to win all three major ICC trophies. Under Dhoni’s leadership, India has played 332 international matches. These include 200 ODIs, 60 Tests and 72 T20s.
Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India has reached the finals of 6 major ODI tournaments.
Of these, India has won four. Dhoni has won a total of 110 ODI matches as a captain. He is second in this matter. In this list, Australian captain Ricky Ponting is at the top, who won 165 ODI matches under his captaincy.
The 15 member team is as follows –
Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah , Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami.
Standby players – Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar.
Eight qualifying teams will participate in the first round of the tournament.
Four of these teams will reach the Super 12 round. The eight teams in the preliminary round include Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia, Oman and Papua New Guinea.
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