Captain of India
Dhoni was named the captain of India Twenty 20 squad for the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa in September 2007.
[55] India were crowned champions as Dhoni led the team to victory against Pakistan in a thrilling contest.
[56] He, then went on to become the ODI captain of the Indian team for the seven-match ODI series against Australia in September 2007.
[57] He made his debut as full-time Test captain of India during the fourth and final test against Australia at Nagpur in November 2008 replacing Anil Kumble who retired from cricket after the third test.
[58] India eventually won that Test thus clinching the series 2–0 and retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
[59] Dhoni had previously captained India on a stand-in basis against South Africa and Australia in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
It was under his captaincy that India climbed to No. 1 in the ICC Test Rankings in December 2009. After that he managed to lead India in a series leveling world championship of Test against the South Africans in Feb 2010. As a result India managed No. 1 spot in the ICC Test Rankings.
Two-match ban
Dhoni was handed a 2 match ban from playing in the ODI series against Sri Lanka for the team's slow over-rate during the second one-dayer in Nagpur (18 December 2009) by ICC match referee Jeff Crowe.
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World Cup
Under Dhoni's captaincy India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup against Sri Lanka