With Each IPL Title, MSD Raises The Bar

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is well past his prime as a finisher – a credo that had become a part of his inimitable profile.

- Shishir Shantaram Hattangadi

Having said that, his popularity -- as a larger-than-life icon -- has enhanced with each edition of the Indian Premier League.

The Indian cricket fan has now put him on a pedestal where the name Dhoni embodies everything the game ought to be about.

From Chennai fans to cricket buffs elsewhere -- who follow the game globally -- the prayer is he succeeds as a leader with the Midas’ Touch who makes older players stay relevant in a younger man's game.

The journey of CSK has been a case of raising the bar of a team that was euphemistically described as Dad's Army. Dhoni has brought the best out of the young and the not-so-young in his wings.