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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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.
Rahul, echoing the emotions of all the players who played under the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman, wants to give a big and emotional sendoff to Dhoni while hoping to play with him just one more time.
Piyush Chawla revealed that Dhoni made a crucial change in the field which led to the dismissal of Trott in the crucial game.
As an honour to MS Dhoni, the food delivery platform Zomato gave a special discount for people living in his hometown ie Ranchi. After the offer ended on Sunday, a man asked Zomato for the nation-wide implementation of the 100 percent discount offer. The reply left everyone ROFLing!
Pakistan stalwarts such as Inzamam-ul -Haq, Basit Ali, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis Mudassar Nazar, Shahid Afridi and many others showed immense respect for Dhoni
Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman has revealed where MS Dhoni would end his cricketing career.
Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri took to his official social media profile to pay tribute to MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina.
Former India pacer Ashish Nehra, who was a part of the victorious 2011 World Cup squad and also played for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL with the now-retired Mahendra Singh Dhoni, writes for PTI about what it meant sharing the dressing room with the reticent icon.
The Walther rifle imported by Dhoni is the same model which another champion sportsperson, Abhinav Bindra, had used to win a historic individual gold medal at the Olympics.
With Dhoni now having announced his retirement, Jones feels Pant and Rahul can have an equal chance at sealing the spot.
Dhoni, earlier on Saturday, announced his international retirement through an Instagram post, although he will be playing for the Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2020.
Travelling the world to watch the arch-rivals in action doesn't make sense anymore to Bashir, aka 'Chacha Chicago', who endured abuses from Pakistani fans while cheering for Dhoni.
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