MS Dhoni's captaincy a mix between Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid: Lalchand Rajput

Team India expressed tremendous success under the leadership of MS Dhoni, who built a legacy with his cool and calm style captaincy while leading the charge of the Men In Blue.

Lalchand Rajput, the former Indian team manager during the 2007 T20 World Cup -- Dhoni's first successful stint as skipper -- revealed his experience with the team under the wicketkeeper-batsman's leadership.

According to him, Dhoni's style of captaincy is an esculent blend between two former Team India skippers in Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.

"To be very honest Dhoni was very very calm and used to think two steps ahead of the opponent and he was always a thinking captain. He was a mixture of Ganguly and Rahul Dravid," Ganguly said.

"Ganguly used to give players the confidence and he was the one who changed the mentality of the Indian team," he added.

The 58-year-old then went on to add how 'Mahi' always showed faith in the youngsters and always helps them to produce their best in games.

"So, I think that carried forward with Dhoni because even he gave opportunities to players and if he saw potential in someone he used to give him ample opportunities."

"Dhoni will never show any evasive action on the ground and that helped the players in giving their best," he said.

Since India's semi-final exit from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 against New Zealand in August last year, MSD hasn't featured for the Men In Blue.

During his break from cricket, the 38-year-old also served for the Indian Army too.