Mahendra Singh Dhoni's leadership earned him accolades from his senior team-mate Sachin Tendulkar, who said he was obviously a "good captain" but had a good team at his disposal to bring about the desired result.

Tendulkar, who is in Mussoorie for a vacation with wife Anjali and two children, told reporters that apart from Dhoni's captaincy, it was a great team effort which saw India finish the year on a high.

"Dhoni is obviously a good captain. But a good captain needs a good team. Obviously his captaincy is good but the team's performance, its collective effort, is essential for a captain. A team never wins by the performance of one or two players only. When the entire team performs, we get good results," Tendulkar said.

Early in his captaincy, Dhoni already enjoys some stellar success in all three formats of the game. The star stumper-batsman led India to Twenty20 World Cup triumph, a ODI tri-series victory in Australia and is yet to lose a Test match as a captain.

Dhoni has won four out of the five Tests he led India in, the last of which was against England in Mohali earlier this week which ended in a draw.

Tendulkar said both good leadership and some sterling performance by the team made it a memorable year for Indian cricket.

"Throughout the year, our players have performed. It has been a good team effort and good leadership," he said.

Looking ahead, Tendulkar said the team would now strive to maintain the high standard it set this year. "We had a great series against England when all players performed very well. We will try to maintain the form we have displayed throughout the year. The team has set some targets which we shall try to achieve," he said.

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