Team India's T20 World Cup 2007 squad members: Where are they now?

The inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup commenced on September 11, 2007. The Men in Blue walked in with a young and fairly inexperienced bunch of players into the marquee event. MS Dhoni, who had never captained India before was entrusted to lead the team at the high-profile event. 

What followed was something incredible. India punched above their weight and defeated numerous star-studded teams during the World Cup. They qualified for the semi-finals where they got the better of the mighty Australian side to set up a clash with arch-rivals rivals Pakistan. In the summit clash, they stood tall in the last-over thriller to be crowned as the first-ever T20 World Cup champions.

It has been 15 years since India bagged the historic triumph and the heroes of the 2007 World Cup have ventured in diverse directions. Let us take a look at what the champion players are doing nowadays:

1. MS Dhoni (C)

It was not long back when the then young MS Dhoni had just found his footing in the international arena and was handed over the reins of a young Indian side. He displayed great leadership skills and led India to a historic win. The wicketkeeper-batter also provided some useful contributions with the bat and scored 154 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 128.33.

Post the epic triumph, Dhoni became the captain of the ODI team and was also named India's Test skipper later on. Under his leadership, the Men in Blue went on to win the 50-overs World Cup in 2011, and the ace batter was deemed the hero of the final for his unbeaten knock of 91 runs. The legendary cricketer also led India to a Champions Trophy victory in 2013.

Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket on December 30, 2014 following India's Boxing Day Test fixture against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and donned the India jersey in white-ball cricket till 2019. Dhoni officially hung his international boots (ODI and T20I) on August 15, 2020. The veteran player still plays in the Indian Premier League and is the skipper of the four-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings.