Photos: Era of Dhoni captaincy in Indian cricket comes to an end

He immediately stamped his authority at the international stage when he smashed 148 in only his fifth match, against a Pakistan attack that didn't know what had hit them. He quickly rose up the ranks in Indian cricket to take the reins of the national T20I side in 2007, before becoming the ODI captain after Rahul Dravid relinquished the post.