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Captain Dhoni continues to conquer

December 30, 2010 08:55 IST

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni added another feather to his cap by guiding India to an impressive victory over South Africa in the second Test at Durban, on Wednesday.

India crushed South Africa by 87 runs to register their 14th Test win under Dhoni's leadership, and his fourth away from home.

Rajneesh Gupta presents a statistical analysis of India's victories under Dhoni.

India's Test wins under Dhoni:

#

Opp

Venue

Season

Margin of victory

1

SA

Kanpur

2007-08

8 wickets

2

Aus

Mohali

2008-09

320 runs

3

Aus

Nagpur

2008-09

172 runs

4

Eng

Chennai

2008-09

6 wickets

5

NZ

Hamilton

2008-09

10 wickets

6

SL

Kanpur

2009-10

Inns & 144 runs

7

SL

Mumbai BS

2009-10

Inns & 24 runs

8

Ban

Mirpur

2009-10

10 wickets

9

SA

Kolkata

2009-10

Inns & 57 runs

10

SL

Colombo (PSS)

2010

5 wickets

11

Aus

Mohali

2010-11

1 wicket

12

Aus

Bangalore

2010-11

7 wickets

13

NZ

Nagpur

2010-11

Inns & 198 runs

14

SA

Durban

2010-11

87 runs

Summaries of Dhoni's Test victories as captain:

10 in India

1 in Bangladesh

1 in New Zealand

1 in Sri Lanka

1 in South Africa