Former Australian cricket team opener Matthew Hayden has made a big statement about former Indian captain and finishing master MS Dhoni. Hayden feels that Dhoni’s aura is so big that he can easily captain the Australian team.

It is worth noting that Hayden has played in IPL under Dhoni’s captaincy from 2008 to 2010. When Chennai Super Kings won the IPL title for the first time in 2010, Hayden was a member of that team and Dhoni was the captain. Hayden has also said that Dhoni is the X factor for any team, who puts the team first instead of himself.

Matthew Hayden made a big statement about MS Dhoni

Let us tell you that recently Matthew Hayden said in an interview to Sports Vikatan- Dhoni is exactly like I have said earlier. He can easily captain the team while sitting in Australia’s dressing room because he believes that he is not bigger than anyone else. He is a very humble person who works hard, and Dhoni does not promote himself at all.

Hayden further said- You will never hear Dhoni telling how great a captain he is and what he has achieved. It is just the factor of the name MS Dhoni. You look at Australia and think about 25 million people, how did they win the World Cup against us? Dhoni just tries to bring people together. He does his work in such a way that there is no ego in it.

It is worth noting that the Indian team has won all three ICC titles (T20 World Cup 2007, World Cup 2011 and Champion Trophy 2013) under Dhoni’s captaincy. India last won an ICC event in 2013 under Dhoni’s captaincy. Since then, India has not won any ICC event.