Who was the best ever captain in world cup history?

[Harsh Thakor]

Here I am ranking in order of merit the best captains in the history of the world cup.

 

1.Imran Khan-Virtually performed a Houdini act by leading Pakistan like cornered tigers.Like a great military marshall resurrected Pakistan from the grave to reach the pinnacle of glory in 1992.Knit a set of talented individuals into a cohseive unit like none else.Very unlucky to lose in 1987.No captain got more out of his players.

 

2.Clive Lloyd-A father figure and ultimate motivator.A master in keeping his team moral high ,irrespective of the situation.To me at his best in 1975 and unlucky not to win hat-trick of world cups.

 

3.Arjuna Ranatunga-The ultimate tactician who led Sri Lanka to reach unmatched glory and mark a new epoch in it's cricket.

 

4.Kapil Dev-Even if not so sound tactically ,he motivated India in 1983 like no skipper ever to cause one  of of sport's greatest upsets.Few captains ever exuded so much energy on a cricket field and he was at his best tactically in the 1983 final.Harnessed available resources magnificiently in the last 3 games of the world cup.

 

5.Alan Border-Inspite of having such an inexperienced unit in 1987 he marshaled his resources with great insight and never let things slip.

 

6.Mahenda Singh Dhoni-One of cricket's greatest triers and the equivalent of Kapil Dev in his day and age.Few could lift a team's morale more from the depths of despair.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 7, 2019 by Harsh Thakor

[Suhaan]

As thakor is at it again.... @Gollumyour two cents would be.....

 

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[Norman]

Why is Steve Smith in the poll? 

 

He has never captained in the world cup and probably never will.  

[Harsh Thakor]

25 minutes ago, Norman said:

Why is Steve Smith in the poll? 

 

He has never captained in the world cup and probably never will.  

Sorry,Michael Clarke.Apologize for error .I have just added him.

[Gollum]

57 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

As thakor is at it again.... @Gollumyour two cents would be.....

 

Fill in those blanks

I am not worthy enough to pass judgment on Harsh bhai's threads, in fact no one on ICF is IMHO. His posts will get better traction in green ghetto with his Imran this, Majid that stuff.....

Edited May 7, 2019 by Gollum

[Harsh Thakor]

5 minutes ago, Gollum said:

I am not worthy enough to comment on Harsh bhai's threads. 

Sorry,you feel this way.any reason?appreciate your views.

 

[rtmohanlal]

For me it has to be Kapil. To captain a weak team  at the tender age of 24, to plot the down fall of the 2 time  champion GOAT team in the finals  which was sparked off with an upset at Albion,to lead from the front as an all rounder thru out the 83 world cup, to create those timely  magic moments  thru out the tournament ..... it has to be him.

 

All the others in the list were brilliant, but they had their cons too... for instance Dhoni except in the final was badly out of form, Imran though played his part in the final almost lost semi final,Lloyd had and ATG team etc etc.Collectively when all things are  taken together , it has to be Kapil.