MS Dhoni announces retirement from International Cricket
Former captain of Indian cricket team Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced his retirement from international cricket.
Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout.from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired
The 39 year old shared this news with his fans through social media. Mahendra Singh Dhoni played his last match in Indian jersey against New Zealand in the ICC ODI World Cup 2019. It was a semi-final match of the World Cup, in which India lost. Since this match, Dhoni was away from cricket and the Indian team. Ever since the World Cup, speculations were being made about Dhoni’s future and his retirement. He will continue playing in the IPL though.
MS led India to countless big wins in all 3 formats of the game with the 2011 World Cup being the highlight of his career. Mahi has been the most successful captain of Team India, who led India to new heights of success. Hardly anyone knew that when Mahendra Singh Dhoni was handed the captaincy of Team India, he would lead this team to a height that can hardly be imagined. After Rahul Dravid relinquished the captaincy, Dhoni was handed the captaincy and won the first T20 World Cup in 2007 with young Indian players in South Africa.
MS Dhoni, 39, had announced his retirement before Test cricket. Although he remained a part of the Indian cricket team in ODIs and T20s. But now Dhoni has announced his retirement from international cricket. Dhoni has also been the captain of Team India in all three formats of cricket. Also, many big records of Dhoni’s name are also recorded.
MS Dhoni started his cricket career in the year 2004 against Bangladesh. Dhoni has played 90 Test matches so far. Apart from this, he has led India in 350 ODIs and 98 T20 matches. He gave a break to a 16-year-long international career on Saturday. Dhoni made his international debut in December 2004 by playing ODIs against Bangladesh. Although MS Dhoni will continue to play IPL. In such a situation, his fans can see Dhoni playing in the IPL. Incidentally, Dhoni’s first and last innings in International cricket ended in runout for one of the fastest runners between the wickets.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni had already retired from Test cricket. Dhoni played his last Test match for India in Melbourne against Australia in December 2014. Apart from this, Dhoni played his last T20 International match against Australia in February 2019 in Bengaluru, while the World Cup semi-final 2019 was his last ODI.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s sluggish batting in the World Cup-2019 was the target of critics. Dhoni scored 273 runs at an average of 45.50 in 8 innings of 9 matches played in the World Cup 2019, including 2 fifties. During this time Dhoni also faced criticism for his slow batting.
Only captain to win 3 big ICC Tournaments
Dhoni is the only captain in world cricket who has won three big ICC trophies. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, Team India has won ICC World T20 (2007), Cricket World Cup (2011) and ICC Champions Trophy (2013). Apart from this, India became number 1 in Tests for the first time in 2009.
