5 things MS Dhoni loved doing as a captain

#2 Operating with spinners

MS Dhoni loved operating with spinners, especially leg spinners. Irrespective of the format, Dhoni almost always attacked with spinners.

Making Ravindra Jadeja bowl the penultimate over and handing over the ball to Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl the last over of the 2013 Champions Trophy final against England is an example of how much Dhoni trusted his spinners. It also helped him maintain the over rate.

In Test matches under Dhoni's captaincy, the site of the spinners operating with a short leg, a silly point or a short cover, leg slip and first slip, was a very common site. MS Dhoni holds the record for the maximum number of stumpings - 166, in international cricket. The record not only demonstrates his keeping abilities but also proves that he used the spinners extensively to pick up wickets.

Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra and Pragyan Ojha have all sparkled under his leadership.