India's most successful captain has also enjoyed success in the Indian Premier League (IPL) like no other captain. For the first time since the IPL began nine years ago, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will not captain a team in the cash-rich T20 league this April-May. Dhoni was on Sunday sacked as captain of the Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) a day before the IPL auctions in Bengaluru. For the first time in his IPL years as captain, Dhoni failed to take his team to the playoffs last year, RPS finishing seventh in the eight-team league last year. And on Sunday, RPS owner Sanjiv Goenka said in a statement: "I have the highest regard for MS Dhoni as a leader and a person.

Source: dna February 20, 2017 02:15 UTC