Dhoni: a successful captain

M S Dhoni is one of the best captains of Indian Male Cricket Team, data also says the same. Here is the record of One Day International (ODI) matches, played by India. Dhoni has the record of winning 62.8% matches played under his captaincy. Next two are Rahul Dravid and Kapil Dev with 55 to 56% winning rate.

Captain	Played	Won	Lost	T/D/NR	Normalized % Win
Mahendra Singh Dhoni	102	59	35	8	62.8%
Rahul Dravid	79	42	33	4	56.0%
Kapil Dev	74	40	32	2	55.6%
Mohammad Azharuddin	174	89	77	8	53.6%
Sourav Ganguly	147	76	66	5	53.5%
Sunil Gavaskar	38	14	22	2	38.9%
Sachin Tendulkar	72	23	42	7	35.4%
Top 7 Captains	686	343	307	36	52.8%
Other Captains	88	37	49	2	43.0%
Total	774	380	356	38	51.6%

Note:
- T/D/NR: Tie/Draw/Not Resulted
- The players who have represented team for min 20 ODIs are considered in top 7.
- Normalized % Win takes into account the T/D/NR matches in same proportion as for resulted matches.
- Proper care is taken into data compilation and presentation, it may have minor errors.