Former Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He shared the news through a video, uploaded on Instagram.
“Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout from 1928hrs consider me as Retired.” He wrote in his caption.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his international debut in 2004 against Bangladesh under the leadership of Sourav Ganguly. He went on to become one of the greatest players in the world ever to play the game. During his international career, he scored 4876, 10,773 and 1617 runs in 90 Tests, 350 one-day internationals, and 98 T20 internationals respectively.
Counted amongst the most successful captains in the limited over’s cricket, Dhoni is the only captain in the world to have won all the ICC tournaments. Under his leadership, India won the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
He took retirement from Test cricket in 2015 but kept playing in shorter formats of the game. He played his last one-day match in the heart-breaking world cup 2019 semi-final game against New Zealand. He got run-out in that game after making a fighting half-century. Dhoni’ run-out also ended India’s hopes of reaching the final of 2019 World Cup.