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World Cup 2015: India

The 'magic wand' behind India's turnaround

Feb 25, 2015: It has helped that India have a captain who has lasted as long as he has due to his approach of treating cricket for what it is: a game

World Cup 2015

India get cracking on attacking plan after Dhoni's command

Feb 20, 2015: Two days before their second group game against South Africa, India worked to a short length plan, with the quick bowlers trying mostly back of a length or full length and the batsmen trying to attack as often as they could

India v Pakistan, World Cup 2015, Group B, Adelaide

Dhoni not carried away by 6-0

Feb 16, 2015: While Misbah-ul-Haq could offer no explanation for yet another World Cup loss to India, MS Dhoni said that it was obviously something for India to be proud of, but he refused to read too much into the trend

India v Pakistan, World Cup 2015, Group B, Adelaide

The veritable spotter's guide to the Cheer

Feb 15, 2015: The ball-by-ball structure of cricket gives its crowd noise a hypnotic rhythm, the stadium rising and falling with each major event, most minor events, and some non-events

India v Pakistan, World Cup 2015, Group B, Adelaide

India win battle of nerves, their World Cup starts now

Feb 15, 2015: In a World Cup contest where nerves are the X-factor between the two teams, India prevailed over Pakistan with a superior batting performance and a couple of cool heads

India v Pakistan, World Cup 2015, Group B, Adelaide

Need to mitigate pressure of the big game - Dhoni

Feb 14, 2015: The logical thing to do would be to pay respect to the heightened importance of the occasion, but attempt to not get so overawed by the expectations. Which is what MS Dhoni and India have been trying to do

World Cup 2015

India: brought to boil or barbecued?

Feb 7, 2015: For all of India's talk about the World Cup being a fresh start, it is difficult to escape the notion that it will take a supreme effort of mental strength and physical hardness to retain the trophy held aloft at the Wankhede Stadium four years ago

Men of the Finals

Dhoni steps up

Feb 6, 2015: Though not in the best touch, the Indian captain promoted himself ahead of a form batsman in the 2011 final and made sure India took the trophy

England v India, Carlton Mid Tri-Series, Perth

Dhoni hints at four-bowler strategy for World Cup

Jan 30, 2015: MS Dhoni has dropped strong hints that in order to strengthen their batting India might play with just the four frontline bowlers in the World Cup, with Stuart Binny having to fill in as the third seam bowler

Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series 2014-15

India face issue of Ishant knee niggle

Jan 30, 2015: After a long, winless tour of Australia, India have big fitness issues facing them

Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series 2014-15

MS Dhoni runs into finishing trouble

Jan 29, 2015: MS Dhoni the lethal, calculated finisher has gone missing of late; maybe it's time he took the pressure off himself and batted higher up the order, in order to regain his last-overs mojo ahead of the World Cup knockouts

Corruption in the IPL

'My name keeps popping up' - Dhoni

Jan 25, 2015: India ODI captain MS Dhoni has expressed indignation over how his name keeps popping up in controversies around Indian cricket

England v India, Carlton Mid Tri-Series, Brisbane

The return of a familiar tormentor

Jan 20, 2015: Plays of the day from the third ODI of the Carlton Mid Tri-Series, between England and India in Brisbane

World Cup 2015 news

'Instinctive Dhoni gets the one-day game' - Dravid

Jan 19, 2015: Rahul Dravid believes MS Dhoni's "instinctive" style of captaincy is perfectly suited to one-day cricket which helps him "bring the best out of himself and his team"

Australia v India, Carlton Mid Tri-Series, Melbourne

Dhoni stifled by lack of late dashers

Jan 18, 2015: India's Nos 7, 8 and 9 can be solid at times, stubborn when at their best, but they are not big hitters, and it has forced MS Dhoni to take a circumspect approach

Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series 2014-15

Wary Dhoni admits to issues of niggles for India

Jan 17, 2015: MS Dhoni did not expand on his Test retirement, or who would open for India in their first tri-series game, but he did admit to players' workload needing management due to niggles

India's captaincy is impeding their Test progress

Jan 11, 2015: You can't blame their bowlers entirely for not taking 20 wickets in each Test when Dhoni and Kohli's field settings and tactics have been pretty dismal

An Indian original

Jan 9, 2015: As captain, MS Dhoni was wholly himself, unflappable, and a desi to boot

MS Dhoni retires from Tests

Inscrutable, infuriating and in control

Jan 1, 2015: MS Dhoni's tactical moves could make you pull your hair out but off the field, he brought trust to the Indian dressing room. He could let Test matches drift, but his control of his team was absolute

A timeline of MS Dhoni's Test career

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