5 brave captaincy decisions that altered the course of the tournament

#4. Dhoni promoting himself ahead of Yuvraj

This six by Dhoni will stay etched in the memories of Indian fans forever

India started the 2011 World Cup as the favourites. During the tournament, India proved itself to be worthy of the tag despite a few hiccups. India faced Sri Lanka in the finals of the 2011 World Cup,

Srilanka won the toss and choose to bat first and set India a target of 275. India didn't have the best of starts, losing Sehwag and Sachin early. Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir then built a partnership before Kohli got out for 35. Yuvraj Singh was slotted in to bat next but Dhoni sprang a surprise and promoted himself ahead of Yuvraj.

Dhoni had played with Muttiah Muralitharan for the previous 3 years in Chennai Super Kings and therefore felt that he was more suited to tackle Murali than Yuvraj was.

The reason why this was indeed a brave decision was that Dhoni had been in poor form till that match in the World Cup.

This move was a successful one as Dhoni scored a 91 Not out in the finals and this helped India in winning the World Cup after 28 years. India became the first host country to win the World Cup.