10.Arjuna Ranatunga: Arjun Ranatunga is a former Sri Lankan player and Captain. At the time when he is nominated as the Team Captain, Sri Lankan team is under praised and low rating Cricket nations. But as he leads his team in the World Cup of 1996 and Won that billion Dollar Cup, the way how people thinks about this team completely changes and currently it is the one among the Top 3 Best Cricket Teams. And this defines what an empowered leader Arjun is. He was a left Hand Batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler and one of the remarkable personality in Cricket. 9.Stephen Fleming: Stephan Fleming is a left Hand Opening Batsman and the former captain of New Zealand Cricket team. He was one of the youngest Captain in the cricket history. He served as a captain of New Zealand team at the age of 23 from 1997 to 2007. He has been praised for his captaincy by famed personalities like Shane Warne and Mahela Jawardene. He is the longest-serving and most successful of all the other New Zealand Captains. Nurturing the talents like Chris Cairns and Brendon McCullum is all added in his Career achievements with which New Zealand has claimed its position in the top class Cricket 8.Michael Vaughan: One of the best batsmen England has had in the recent times. After Nasser Hussian stepped down, Vaughan took up captaincy. The pinnacle of his captaincy career was the 2005 Ashes series, this being England’s first Ashes victory since 1986/87. Many young and fresh players like Kevin Pietersen, Strauss and Flintoff emerged under his captaincy. He holds the record of most Tests for England as a captain. 7.Nasser Hussain: Hussain was the captain of the England team for 45 Test matches from 1999 to 2003, One of the Top Captain that has never struggled doing captaincy and batting at the same time. Although he was born in Madras India, He had been the Captain of England team for about 4 years. He is much famous for his enthusiastic spirit and periodically changing strategies. He always make changes in the field position of players randomly. And that’s why He is the most energetic among the other Best Cricket Captains. 6.Imran Khan: He was very aggressive as a bowler and never accepted a below par performance from his players. He always questioned the batsmen with his deadly bowling. He reflected the same qualities in his captaincy. He groomed young bowlers like Waseem Akram and Waqar Younis. Apart from his bowling skills, He spoke with the willow too. He is the only man to lift the crystal World Cup. 5.Graeme Smith: Graeme Smith is a left hand Batsman and Skipper of South African Team. He led his team to an equal position where the top Teams like Australia and India stands and emerging South African team as one of the deadly competitors to other side. Who can imagine that a team can chase a target of 434 runs in 50 overs and win that game. And that’s why he is considered as the best Captains of all time. Smith and Gibbs are the most successful opening partners.He served as a test captain from 2003 till present and ODI captain from 2003 to 2011,Smith is the only Captain to lead in 100 or more Test matches,Smith holds the world record of highest number of wins in test matches as a captain with 50 wins. 4.Steve Waugh: Steve Waugh was a perfect all-rounder and a captain every team would dream of. He was considered to be the Mr.Cool of his time. He took a team with fresh talent and groomed the likes of Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee. He led Australia to the 1999 World Cup, The start of the golden era of Australian Cricket. Steve Waugh is still loved by people all over the world. He set the record of 16 consecutive Test wins, which was later equaled by Ricky Ponting. 3.Sourav Ganguly: The only Indian captain Who had the guts to wave his shirt from the gallery of the Home of Cricket ? It is the one and only Sourav Ganguly. He sent a strong message to the whole world,”We the men in blue, are heading to every cricket ground to make you bleed blue”. He was very emotional and aggressive both as a cricketer and commentator. He made winning overseas a habit for India. He led India to 14 finals in his career, Winning only 2. He was known for his off-field and on-field tactics, Like the famous toss controversy during the India-Australia series,Ganguly was the 3rd batsmen to cross 10,000 ODI runs 2.Ricky Ponting: Ricky Ponting known as Punter! He was ready to do anything within the rules of the game for a win. He sometimes dictated terms even to the umpires. He is considered to be the world’s most devastating No.3 batsman and was agile and swift on the field. He achieved the rare feat of leading a team to consecutive World Cup victories. He has the highest winning percentage as captain. He was part of the Hat-trick World Cup winning Australian team. 1.M S Dhoni: Mahendra Singh Dhoni popularly known as MS Dhoni and is current Indian Captain in all the Formats. The man who showed his glimpse in T20 World Cup, then again in 2011 World Cup and repeated it in 2013 Champions Trophy.He is the only Captain in the World who have WON all the ICC Trophies for his Nation.Team India is at the number 1 position in the Current ICC ODI rankings. And this is all because of Dhoni. He is surely the Best Captain India has ever got. Dhoni is much famous for his strategies in the field including some bizarre steps he takes. He is the First Captain who implemented to bowl a spinner in the very first over in an Match. Apart from his Captaincy, He is a middle order right hand Batsman and often known for his powerful Sixes at the end of the Innings.Till Dhoni is there, Hope is there! Among the finest Finishers in the World, he even left Bevan behind him! He is popular as ‘Mahi’ among his Fans. .
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