One of the most loved and scrutinised cricketers to have ever been born in India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the perfect story for every small town boy/girl who wants to make it big in life. Hailing from the cricketing backwaters - Jharkhand, Dhoni is unarguably the second most popular player in the cricket frenzy nation after 'God' Sachin Tendulkar. Going by the statistics, Dhoni is India's most successful captain and under his leadership, India have won the top prize in all formats of the gentlemen's game - the inaugural World Twenty20 on his captaincy debut in 2007, No.1 Test ranking for 18 months starting December 2009, and the 50-over World Cup in 2011 in Mumbai. He is also the first captain in the world to win three different ICC trophies. Dhoni also led India to a memorable 2013 Champions Trophy triumph in England. During his now more than 14-years long international career, Dhoni has played an integral part in many of India's famous victories. For his impressive match-winning skills, the veteran batsman has also been christened with the tag of 'one of the best finishers in the sport', especially in the limited-overs format. However, with age catching up - Dhoni's batting abilities are on the wane but his electric reflexes and impeccable instincts behind the stumps still make him an indispensable asset to Team India. With the countdown of the 2019 ICC World Cup already started, India still needs the services of one of its biggest stalwarts who is responsible for taking the team to insurmountable heights.
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Ponting, who is now the head coach of the Delhi Capitals in Indian Premier League, is looking forward to coach against Dhoni hoping to make sure that the CSK captain does not get to win against Delhi.
Ganguly decided to promote Dhoni to No.3 in an ODI against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam in 2005. Dhoni repaid the faith shown on him with interest by slamming a blistering 148 to lead India to victory.
Dhoni had earlier this month announced his retirement from international cricket, thus making the World Cup semi-final in July 2019 his last match for India.
Holding highlighted that Dhoni had nearly 5000 runs in Test cricket despite being a wicketkeeper.
The playing XI comprises of Indian players who did not get a proper send-off from the cricketing world.
Former Indian bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji has heaped praise on MS Dhoni, saying that the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman had a massive influence not just on Indian cricket but world cricket.
In a heartwarming gesture, MS Dhoni gave up his business class seat for CSK's director, while himself sitting on an economy class seat.
CSK had the six-day long conditioning camp between August 15 and 20 in Chennai. Senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh did not depart for Dubai with the rest of the squad due to personal reasons.
MS Dhoni is 'striking the ball really well', according to Chennai Super Kings CEO KS Viswanathan.
Dhoni made an unforeseen announcement with a simple social media post on India's 74th Independence Day. To this, Vijender quipped that Dhoni will do 'whatever he wants to' and 'whenever he wants to'.
Former Indian captain MS Dhoni took to Twitter to share a letter from PM Modi, following his international retirement.
In an exclusive interaction, Former Indian bowler Rudra Pratap Singh opened up on playing under MS Dhoni during the initial days of his captaincy.
With Dhoni now having retired from international cricket, and IPL 2020 being the only cricketing responsibility at hand, the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman might aim for another stint with the Indian Army.
The board will be speaking to MS Dhoni during the Indian Premier League to know his opinion on a farewell match or series, according to the official.
Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman paid a rich tribute to MS Dhoni, who announced his international retirement on August 15.
Dhoni and Raina are fondly called 'Thala' and 'Chinna Thala' respectively by the CSK fans.
Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has said that Indian PM Narendra Modi may request MS Dhoni to come out of international retirement for the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Dhoni retired from international cricket on Saturday, more than a year after he last played for India -- the lost World Cup semifinal against New Zealand
Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid had decided to give juniors a chance in the inaugural ICC World T20 that year and BCCI had asked the maestro about who would be his choice for captaincy.
Dhoni, the only captain to have won all the ICC trophies, retired from international cricket on Saturday, more than a year after he last played for India -- the lost World Cup semifinal against New Zealand.
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