Repeat success suggests Dhoni is creative

MS Dhoni throwing the ball to Ishant Sharma in that fateful 18th over during the Champions Trophy final against England smacks of a man who goes against conventional wisdom and instead relies on intrinsic self belief and confidence, according to Ayaz Memon in his column for Mint. Memon highlights a number of examples in Dhoni's captaincy career where he has backed certain players or decisions that might appear dodgy to the vast majority, yet managed to come out trumps.

In the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 he asked Joginder Sharma, the least known and experienced of the Indian bowlers, to bowl the last over in the nerve-wracking final against Pakistan. Nobody was convinced, but they all had to swallow their cynicism within minutes as Joginder got the dangerous Misbah-ul-Haq and India won the title by a whisker. This was his first assignment as captain, which is when most prefer to stick to the straight and narrow. But Dhoni had shown a penchant for the offbeat