MS Dhoni retires from international cricket for India
MS Dhoni, who captained India to victory in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, has announced his retirement from international cricket.
The 39-year-old Dhoni announced his decision in an Instagram post, saying: “Thanks. Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout. From 1929 hrs consider me as Retired.”
Dhoni played 90 Test matches for India, averaging 38.09 and scoring six hundreds, before retiring from the longest format in 2014.
He is India’s most successful captain in limited-over internationals, having won three ICC trophies – the 2007 World T20 World Cup, that 2011 World Cup win on home soil and the 2013 Champions Trophy.
He played a staggering 350 ODIs, averaging 50.57 with 10 tons, with his last appearance in international cricket coming in India’s semi-final defeat to New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup.
Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton, reacting to the news, said: “When a player retires, what do people remember about that player? Not the average or the numbers but how they played the game and the iconic moments that they were involved in.
“I would remember the hitting of that six at the Wankhede Stadium to win that World Cup in 2011.
“What a fabulous player he was.”
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