A great leader can make the team great to perform best in their innings whether a fast bowler or an outstanding batsman. Shuffling the team’s position as per the requirement of the game makes them perform brilliantly. So, the role of the skipper is very significant in any match and the captain is responsible for taking all the decisions on the ground that can change the result of the game at last. A successful captain of a team that consists of eleven players including batsmen, bowlers, and fielders, can make the team more successful.
Even when the skipper has a lot of pressure, he should have the potential to bring back the team in the game by managing the players on the ground. Some of the captains have established themselves as the most successful Skipper in the world.
This post will make you informed about the best captain in the world. So, let’s get straight into it.
Best Skippers in The World
- Ricky Ponting
Former Australian Skipper Rickey Ponting is best known for an excellent team performance that makes the Australian team dominate over the world cricket and has grabbed various records under his captainship. The team achieved two consecutive ODI World Cups in 2003 and 2007 along with two Championstrphy in the years 2006 and 2009 under Ricky Ponting’s captainship.
He has recorded 220 wins on 324 matches played.
Apart from this, the aggressive player Ricky Ponting has scored more than 10k runs in every format of cricket
- M.S Dhoni
M.S. Dhoni is one of the best captain in the world, who has taken the Indian team to a new height of popularity and grabbed the world cup in two different formats of cricket. 20 years after the first ODI world cup, the second was won by India in 2011 and, the Indian team grabbed the T20 World Cup in the year 2007 under his captainship. Achieving the position of most successful skipper M. S Dhoni has made the team most successful and brought the team to the top in ODI as well as Test cricket. There are a total of 178 win out of 332 matches played internationally under the captainship of M. S. Dhoni.
- Allan Border
Holding a lot of records Allan Border is one of the world’s best captains, who played a significant role in taking the Australian team to the international level. By winning 139 matches out of 271 played, he proved himself as the most skipper in the world of cricket.
He was very aggressive while on the crease and make the bowler stressed by his outstanding
- Virat Kohli
When it comes to grabbing the crown of the most successful skipper in cricket, no one can deny the role of the brilliant player Virat Kohli and the current Captain of the Indian cricket team. Under his leadership, the team has won 135 out of 213 total matches with a losing percentage of 28 which is the lowest of all. Snatching a lot of success in the cricket matches, he made the Indian team more strong.