MS Dhoni-Greatest ODI Batsman ever?

With the recent triumph in the tri-series held in West Indies & also winning  the final edition of the champions trophy Mahendra Singh Dhoni has time & again proved all of us of his superman abilities with the cricket bat as well as sheer brilliance while donning the captain's hat.The guy from Ranchi has really conquered ODI cricket to say the least,a format which he enjoys more than Test Cricket.Dhoni who was a football enthusiast in his school days was a goalkeeper for his team.While growing up he idolised Amitabh Bachchan,Lata Mangeshkar,Adam Gilchrist & the man he would help cherish his dream of winning the ultimate trophy of his illustrious hall of hame career,the Master Blaster himself Sachin Tendulkar.

ODI Cricket has seen many mavericks with the bat lyk Sir Viv Richards,Sachin Tendulkar,Saurav Ganguly,Mark Waugh,Michael Bevan,Saeed Anwar,Ricky Ponting & Brian Lara besides many others but Dhoni has surely booked a place for himself in the list of the game's greatest ever.It is unfair to compare MS Dhoni with Sir Viv or Sachin or any other player for the matter of fact but it can be said that Dhoni has been one of ODI cricket's finest ever.His amazing display of powerful shots besides calmness while playing under pressure is that of profound significance.He has been one of the greatest finishers the game has ever seen.The man has won it all u name it ICC T20 World cup,ICC Champions Trophy,ICC Cricket World Cup,Tri Series win down under against the Aussies besides also help India be the World no.1 Team in both the ODI as well as the Test Format.He had his share of quite large amount of criticism some people even questioning his place in the squad,his unorthodox batting style his captaincy but he has time & again proved his metal with the bat.In 200 ODI innings he has amassed 7358  runs @ an astounding average of 51.45 with 57 not outs besides scoring 8 Hundreds & 48 Half Centuries.He bats quite lower down the order, sometimes even promotes himself up the order.He performs when it matters the most,crunch time.He is clutch when the teams needs to chase.He has time & again won the match for the Indian Team especially his innings of 183* against Sri Lanka @ Jaipur,148 against Pak @ Vizag,impeccable 91 in the world cup finals,or for the matter of fact his most recent knock of 45 in the finals against Sri Lanka,he won the match with India needing 15 of the very last over.He has amassed bowlers like Mohammed Sami,Brett Lee,Malinga,Dale Steyn,James Anderson for plenty.He has been an impact player,he has won countless matches for the team.Personally i feel he will one day go down as the  one of the greatest ODI batsman of all time.People might disagree they may say it has to be Sir Viv Or Sachin but i feel the impact that Dhoni has,the matches he has won when the chips are down,a complete match winner.That's what matters,winning.Take a bow MS Dhoni your a thorough legend perhaps one of the most dominant & greatest ever#respect.