who is better captain MS Dhoni or Ricky Ponting?

From the brief display that Dhoni has given , i am quite sure that he is a better captain than Ponting. The following are my arguments: 1). Dhoni is much better in man management. ( his decision to allow Zaheer captain during 3rd power play was unheard of in captainship history) 2). Dhoni is much more calm on the ground. 3). Dhoni is not afraid to take unpopular decisions.( walking out of srilanka series & negative field placings against Australia) 4). Since Dhoni is a all rounder(keeper & batsman) he has a better chance of contributing to the team. This automatically make him a more popular captain among his teammates.

I think MS Dhoni is far better than Ponting. Indian team defeated australia under his captaincy. Our indian team never seen so organized & enthusiastic. In the last one day series with England, game of India was just awesome. he manage to bind them together. Everybody contributes his share in the victory. In my opinion, no doubt, Dhoni is best among all the captains.

if it is 20-20 i would choose dhoni....for odi and test i feel ricky ponting is better...

Its really a tough call. I think both have done consistently well in both home and overseas. I think Ricky Ponting is a lot more experienced person that MS Dhoni. Ricky has captaincy experience for more than 6 years now and have achieved a lot. On the other side, MS Dhoni is still young but also done a lot of records being a captain. He led his side to victory in the first 20-20 world cup being in his first series as a captain. Ricky has won 2 word cups and a couple of Ashes series, a Champions trophy and a lot of other important tournaments as well. But generally at the moment, I think Ricky is a bit better because of his high experience.