MS Dhoni Retires From International Cricket

Former India captain and two-time World Cup winner, Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday (August 15) via an Instagram post.

"Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout. from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired (sic)", read his post of the formal announcement.

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Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout.from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired

A post shared by M S Dhoni (@mahi7781) on Aug 15, 2020 at 7:01am PDT

Dhoni had earlier already quit Test cricket in 2014 after the Melbourne Test on the tour of Australia and had handed over ODI and T20I captaincy to Virat Kohli in January 2017.

In nearly 16 years at the highest level, Dhoni led India through its most successful era and has the 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 ODI World Cup, and the 2013 Champions Trophy in his cabinet.



Dhoni's last ODI came against New Zealand in the semi-final of the world cup 2019 in which he finished with a fighting 72-ball 50 but his innings proved insufficient in the end. It was Dhoni's 350th ODI and he finished with 10,773 runs at an average of 50.57 in ODI career which lasts long almost 15-years. He is the fifth Indian to surpass the 10k-run mark in the 50-over format. The wicketkeeper-batsman also has 229 ODI sixes - the most for an Indian batsman.

Dhoni had captained India in 200 ODIs in which India won 110 matches while 74 defeats, 5 tied, 11 NR were also to his name. His 200th ODI captaincy assignment came in the Asia Cup 2018 encounter against Afghanistan after Rohit Sharma which ended in a tie.

In T20Is, Dhoni played 98 games, scoring 1617 runs at a strike rate of 126.13. In the shortest format of the game, he led India in 72 matches of which 42 matches India ended as a winner. More importantly, he led India to glory in the inaugural World T20 in 2007.

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