Records of Captain cool Ms Dhoni as a Captain

MS Dhoni is India's most successful captain in all formats and well known for his cool style of captaincy.

Recently he stepped down as India's ODI, T20I captain. So here we have list of his captaincy records of MS Dhoni

 

Format	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw	Tied	NRs	Won %
Test	60	27	18	15	0	0	45.00 %
ODI	199	110	74	0	4	11	55.28 %
T20	72	41	28	0	1	2	56.94 %
TOTAL	331	178	120	15	5	13	53.78 %

Most successful Indian captain 

 Dhoni is India's most successful captain in all 3 formats - Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He  did captaincy of  India in 60 Tests with 27 wins. In ODIs, he led India  in 199 matches, winning 110 and losing 74 (4 tied and 11 no results). In 72 T20Is as captain, he won 42 and lost 28 (2 no results).

 Highest serving India skipper 

 He's the highest serving India captain in all formats. Former India skippers Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin come close to his tally of matches as India captain.

Record for most sixes

As a captain, MS Dhoni smashed 126 sixes in ODIs,which is  most by any captain.

Most successful captain in all formats

                                                                 Only captain in history to have won all three  ICC   trophies - World Twenty20 (2007), World Cup (2011) and Champions Trophy (2013)

  Milestone of  No.1 position in Tests in his captaincy

Dhoni was the captain of the Indian side when Team India became number one in Tests in 2009. India held that position for 11 months before England defeated them in 2011

Most experienced skipper  

 Dhoni has led Team India in 331 matches (including Tests, ODIs and T20Is) which is most by any captain in the world. 

Most runs by any keeper-captain in ODIs:

 Dhoni scored 6633 runs as a keeper-captain, the most by any keeper-captain in ODIs. He also took 152 stumpings in his international career, most by any wicketkeeper

MS Dhoni has third highest batting average as captain:

After South Africa's AB de Villiers and Sachin Tendulkar MS Dhoni's batting average as a captain in India's ODI wins is 70.83. This is the third-best by any captain in the world with at least 1000 runs. 

More than 50 %  percent in ODIS & T20Is: 

 As a captain MS Dhoni's win percentage in ODIs and T20Is is 59.57%, 59.28% . he has won 27 Tests as India captain with  win percentage of 45% , which makes  him the most successful Indian Test skipper.

India Won 8 ODI bilateral series  in his  captaincy :

Dhoni has won eight ODI bilateral series against as many Test playing nations.Bangladesh was the only team against which he could not to win .Only Ricky Ponting has won more bilateral ODI series (9) than Dhoni. Dhoni's win-loss record in ODIs, is the best among Indian captains to have led the side in at least 20 with 110 wins and 74 losses.