5 decisions taken by MS Dhoni which defined the roadmap of Indian cricket

#2 Not dropping Kohli from the Test Side

Virat Kohli has become a leading player in Test Cricket

There was hardly any doubt about Kohli's prowess in ODIs. Kohli had scored quite a few centuries before the 2011 World Cup and established himself as a number 4 in the strong Indian batting line up. But he did not have a good start in Test cricket. When Kohli debuted against the West Indies in 2011, he was clearly troubled by the short delivery and struggled against the moving ball.

When he failed in a couple of matches in Australia, the team management wanted to drop Kohli. MS Dhoni, looking into the future selected Kohli for the next match in Perth and he responded with a responsible 44 and 75. He scored his maiden Test century in the next Test in Adelaide and repaid the faith of his captain.

Even though he became a regular in the Test side and had a successful South African Test tour with 272 runs in 2 Tests, he miserably failed in England scoring 134 runs in 5 Test matches. However Dhoni took all the flak and defended his batsman, telling the media that it was a matter of time before Kohli came back to form.

Once he went to Australia and scored those 4 centuries in the 2014-15 series, he has become a world beater and has been simply unstoppable. Kohli became the quickest to 24 centuries in Test cricket after the great Sir Don and has scored 16 hundreds as a Test captain with 4233 runs at 65.

Such has been his influence that experts and former cricketers have already labeled him as the "Greatest ever" even though he has a good 7-8 years left in his career.