Initially recognized as an extravagantly flamboyant and destructive batsman, Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI side. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08 , the in 2008 and 2010 against Australia 2–0 and in which India beat every previous world cup winning team. His Test, ODI record is best among all the Indian captains to date. He also captained to victory in the recent and in the Champions League. He is now captain of India in all of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in and . Under Dhoni's captaincy India became the first team after a gap of more than 20 Years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. Dhoni also led the Indian team to the number one position in ICC rankings in Test cricket for the first time. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the award and the India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. Dhoni was named as captain of first-ever Dream Test XI Team in 2009 and has topped the list of world’s top 10 earning cricketers compiled by He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009. In the final of the, he hit 91 not out of just 79 balls to lead India to victory. For his outstanding batting in the final, he was awarded as the man of the match. The TIME magazine added him in its "Time 100" list of 100 most influential people of 2011. According to the SportsPro magazine Dhoni is 10th most valuable brand in field of sports worldwide and number 1 among all Asian superstars. Among captains who have led in at least 25 Tests, MS Dhoni has the best win-loss ratio (5.00). He is followed by Steve Waugh (4.55) and Mike Brearley (4.50). Dhoni has now led in five away-Test wins bringing him joint-second on the list of Indian captains with most wins in away Tests
