Dhoni in World Cup

Dhoni has captained India in two World Cups. Under his captaincy, India won the World Cup in 2011 and reached the semifinals in 2015.

2007 Cricket World Cup

Dhoni played his first ODI World Cup in the Caribbean in 2007. India were knocked out early in the tournament in the group stage. In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, India were drawn in Group B with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bermuda. Rahul Dravid is the captain of the team in this World Cup. India won only one of their three matches, against Bermuda, and lost the rest against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In the first match against Bangladesh, India scored just 191 runs in 49.3 overs. Dhoni was out for 0. He embarrassed Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan and captain Habibul Bashar in the match but India lost by 5 wickets. In the next match against Bermuda, India posted their highest World Cup score of 413/5 in a must-win match. Dhoni scored 29 runs off 25 balls, including two fours and a six. India won by 257 runs. India needed to win their last group match against Lankan but lost by 69 runs. Chasing a target of 255, India were bowled out for 185 in 43.3 overs. Dhoni was bowled for 0 for the second time in the tournament off the first ball of Muttiah Muralitharan. Thus, India was eliminated in the first round of the World Cup. The team was widely criticized for their actions. Dhoni's building in Ranchi was attacked by 200 fans after Bangladesh's defeat.

2011 Cricket World Cup

Under Dhoni's captaincy, India won the World Cup 2011. Chasing 275 in the final against Sri Lanka, Dhoni was bowled in front of Yuvraj Singh. When he came into bat, India were averaging six runs per innings with three wickets dismissed. He started building a good rapport with Gautam Gambhir. With good stroke play and lively running between the wickets, the required run rate was maintained. Dhoni made 60 off 60 balls but later eased off a bigger boundary run and finished with 91 off 79. Befitting the situation, he ended the match in style with six overs and long bowler Nuwan Kulasekara was awarded the Man of the Match. During his last match, he said that he was able to deal with Muralitharan's attack as he knows the bowling of Murali, who was his partner in the Chennai Super (IPL) franchise. King. It came after the dismissal of Virat Kohli, who is also a right-handed batsman. He worked with the left-armer Gambhir to set up a right-left combination at the crease which hampered the pace of the batsman.

The bat used by Dhoni in the last match was sold for ₹72 Lac. The proceeds will go to the Sakshi Rawat Foundation, run by Dhoni's wife Sakshi Rawat, to help orphans.

2015 Cricket World Cup

     For the 2015 World Cup between Australia and New Zealand, Dhoni was named the captain of the 30-man squad by the BCCI in December 2014. Under his captaincy, India easily qualified for the finals by defeating Bangladesh. last quarter However, they lost to Australia in the final which was held at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The team adds 7 consecutive victories in this World Cup, a total of 11 consecutive victories in the World Cup. With the win against Bangladesh, he became the first non-Australian captain to win 100 ODI matches and the first Indian captain to achieve this feat. He is also the third captain to reach 100 matches, after two Australian players, Ricky Ponting and Allan Border.