It is important in Cricket that a leader should perform and set an example for the team. Lets check the performance of the captains of the winning team in the World Cup from its start to the end last World cup won by Dhoni’s men.
1975: First World cup at England
Winner: West Indies
Captain: Clive Lloyd
Performance: Matches – 5 , innings – 3 , runs – 158 , 100’s – 1 , 50’s – 1
1979: Second World cup at England
Winner : West Indies
Captain : Clive Lloyd
Performance: Matches – 4 , innings – 3 , runs – 123 , 100’s – 0 , 50’s – 1
1983: Third World cup at England
Winner: India
Captain: Kapil Dev
Performance : Matches – 8 , innings – 8 , runs – 303 , 100’s – 1 , 50’s – 1 , wkt – 12
1987 : Fourth World Cup at INDIA – Pakistan
Winner : Australia
Captain : Allan Border
Performance : Matches – 8 , innings – 8 , runs – 183 , 100’s – 0 , 50’s – 1
1992: Fifth World cup at Australia – New Zealand
Winner: Pakisatan
Captain: Imran Khan
Performance : Matches – 8 , innings – 7 , runs – 185 , 100’s – 0 , 50’s – 1 , wkt – 7
1996: Sixth World cup at India – Pakistan – Sri Lanka
Winner: Sri Lanka
Captain: Arjuna Ranathunga
Performance : Matches – 6 , innings – 6 , runs – 241 , 100’s – 0 , 50’s -2
1999: SeventhWorld cup at England
Winner: Australia
Captain: Steve Waugh
Performance : Matches – 10 , innings – 8 , runs – 415 , 100’s – 1 , 50’s – 2 , wkt – 3
2003: Eighth World Cup at South Africa – Kenya – Zimbabwe
Winner: Australia
Captain: Ricky Ponting
Performance : Matches – 11 , innings – 10 , runs – 398 , 100’s – 2 , 50’s – 1
2007: Ninth World Cup at West Indies
Winner: Australia
Captain: Ricky Ponting
Performance : Matches – 11 , innings – 9 , runs – 539 ,100’s – 1 , 50’s – 4
2011: 10th World Cup at India – Sri Lanka – Bangladesh
Winner: India
Captain: MS Dhoni
Performance: Matches – 9 , innings – 8 , runs – 241 , 100’s – 0 , 50’s – 1
We should remember the knock of 175 notout from Kapil Dev against Zimbabwean, Steve Waugh knocks against South Africa, Ponting century against India and the MS Dhoni brilliant knock of 91 in the recent 2011 World Cup Final.