New Delhi: Between Kapil Dev's 1983 World cup win and 2011, the closest an Indian captain came to winning the trophy was in 2003 when Sourav Ganguly and his team reached the finals in South Africa.
After the long 15 years in his autobiography, Ganguly rued for not having MS Dhoni in his 2003 world cup team.
'I had over the years constantly looked out for players who remain steady under pressure and possess the capability to change the course of the match. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who came to my notice in 2004, was a natural progression of this thought," Ganguly wrote in his autobiography.
MS Dhoni went on to surpass Ganguly as India's most successful captain and also won the world cup in 2011, before handing over the reins to Virat Kohli.
