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Former Indian Cricket Team Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirement from International Cricket today. In a social media post, he thanked everyone for their immense support and love throughout his career.
Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty-Twenty, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. A right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, Dhoni is one of the highest run scorers in One Day Internationals (ODIs) with a formidable score of more than 10 thousand runs.
Not just the 2011 World Cup, where Dhoni finished things off with an iconic six over long-on against Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, he also captained India to victory in the inaugural edition of the World T20 in 2007 in South Africa.
India won three ICC Champions Trophy titles with him at the helm in 2010, 2013 and 2014. Dhoni was also captain of India when they were the top ranked Test side between December 2009 and June 2011. He was also the captain when India won the Asia Cup in 2010 and 2016.
With Dhoni as the captain India won three ICC events in six years where previously they had won just two in their entire history & they became Test number one for the first time.
Suresh Raina, another Indian Cricketer has also announced his retirement from International Cricket today. In a social media post, he said, it was always a pleasure to play along with M S Dhoni and following Dhoni’s retirement, he also chose to retire from International Cricket.