dravid's captaincy was cut short in the ill-fated 2007 world cup, where india were out of the league stage following an embarrassing loss to bangladesh. this was followed by mahendra singh dhoni taking over the reins. under ms dhoni, india won the inaugural t20 world cup. it also began an era of india's dominance in world cricket in both tests and odis, culminating in a victory in the 2011 cricket world cup and a 4-0 whitewash of australia in a home test series. it also saw indian batsmen scoring the only 200s ever, first sachin tendulkar then virender sehwag and then rohit sharma on three occasions. dhoni has been widely acknowledged as the most successful indian captain ever. however, following a drubbing in a test series down under in late 2014, he retired from tests.