Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the former captain of the Indian cricket team, has officially announced his retirement from international cricket. Dhoni announced his retirement through an IGTV video named “Thanks”. Its caption read, “Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout. From 1929 hrs consider me as Retired.”
Dhoni is Indian cricket’s most successful captain in limited-over internationals. India has won three ICC trophies under his captaincy, the 2007 T20 World Cup, 50-over World Cup in 2011 and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
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He last played international cricket during the semi-final of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.
MS Dhoni had announced his retirement from Test cricket in December 2014. However, he carried on playing ODIs and T20Is. He led India to the semi-finals of the 2015 World Cup and the 2016 World T20.
LEGACY
Dhoni enteres Indian cricket as a 23-year-old batsman. He made his India debut in an ODI against Bangladesh in December 2004. That very year, he hit his first century (148) in a match against Pakistan.
After a disappointing 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, Dhoni was given charge of a young Indian team to play the first-ever T20 World Cup in South Africa. India beat Pakistan in the final and claimed the title.
Dhoni’s performance as Captain and a team player has only seen a rise in the graph since then. His career reached unprecedented heights. In 2009, he was established as India’s best captain in a long time. He overtook Sourav Ganguly as India’s most successful Test captain with a 22nd win.
With 10,733 runs in 350 matches, Dhoni is fifth in the list of India’s all-time run-scorers in ODI behind Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.
As depressing as the news is for all cricket-lovers, they will still get to see the Captain Cool play at the 2020 Edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). MS Dhoni will captain the Chennai Super Kings.