Top Five Captains of World Cricket

Best captains of world cricket

Cricket is a game played with teams. At a time, one team can bowl & field whereas another team can bat. Bowling team delivers the ball to the batsman and batsman hits the ball. But, in order to win the game there should be a good captain that can lead the team from front. Let us look at some of the best captains who are present in world cricket.

1. MS Dhoni: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the team India captain who leads his team to new heights. He has an unbelievable record of being undefeated test captain in his career.
2. Ricky Ponting: A punter from Australia who not only leads his team but always take his team out of trouble when the team needs him most with his batting as well as fielding abilities.
3. Daniel Vettori: A current New Zealand captain and one of the best all-rounders who leads his team with scoring runs, taking wickets and providing crucial strategies to win the game.
4. Graeme Smith: The youngest ever captain of South Africa who is the only captain to win the test series in Australia under his leadership.
5. Kumara Sangakkara: A potential captain who is playing three important roles of captain, batsman, and wicket-keeper. He has taken his team into newer heights.

Best players of T20 cricket

The T20 World Cup extravaganza is just round the corner where England as a host will be glittered with the presence of the cricket stars all over. Amongst all, record makers will remain the catch of the eye. Looking at the record list of T20 cricket, many strikers, pacers and all-rounders have registered their name by their outstanding performance. Looking at the recent performers in the T20 arenas around the world, Indians Aussies and Sri Lankans are in real good form on individual grounds as they are just over with the IPL and all set to blaze the T20 World Cup 2009 pitch with their fire cracking performances. Furthermore, Pakistani and the Kiwis are also in a full mood to give tough times to the opponents.

Strikers like Mathew Hayden, Shahid Afridi, Chris Gayle, MS Dhoni and Adam Gilchrist are a treat to watch at any T20 game, as they have remained the record makers in the T20 Cricket. Whereas players like Misbah-ul-Haq, Ross Taylor and Dilshan Tilakaratne have performed exceptionally well, due to their adept techniques of the game. Best pacers in T20 cricket are none other than like R P Singh, Mark Gillespie, Dale Steyn and Umer Gul, who have excellent bowling figures in this hard hitting game.