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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Cricket lovers everywhere have expressed shock and awe over the snub to unarguably one of India's greatest limited-overs batsmen.
There is no doubt that his place in next year's ICC World Cup is safe but as far as the World T20 in 2020 is concerned, it might be too far-fetched a dream for Dhoni now.
MS Dhoni's fixation with automobiles has been no secret and his exotic collection of bikes and cars will leave you stunned. Take a look.
Kohli also bettered former Australian captain Ricky Ponting's record by becoming the fastest skipper to 8000 runs in ODIs.
Overall, Kohli is the 13th cricketer and only the fifth Indian to go past the 10,000-run barrier.
In an exclusive interview with IndiaTV, Ganguly feels Dhoni needs to start scoring runs and the 2nd ODI at Vishakapatnam can be a turning point for the former captain.
Dhoni has batted four times in the venue so far, aggregating nearly 250 runs with a healthy average of 80 and a strike rate above 100.
Rayudu amassed 175 runs, averaging 43.75 from six innings in the Asia Cup, virtually sealing his place for the experimental No. 4 slot.
Taking inspiration from MS Dhoni, daughter Ziva did a plank at the gym and left her mom Sakshi awestruck with her adorable attempt.
Dhoni declined to play Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-finals for Jharkhand on Sunday despite chairman MSK Prasad's public announcement couple of days back.
The former opener feels that Shaw has a long way to go before being compared to Sehwag who played more than 100 Tests.
Even though it was Rohit Sharma, who led India to their seventh title at Asia Cup, Bangladeshi fans decided to express their anger through the website of the Indian skipper.
The feat was achieved during the finals of 2018 Asia Cup trophy in Dubai. It was during the 43rd over of the match when Dhoni stumped Mashrafe Mortaza.
Dhawan and Rohit Sharma have provided India solid starts and that is one of the reasons why the side is unbeaten in the tournament.
Interestingly, Dhoni's first match as India's captain also ended in a tie.
Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan claimed two wickets each as Afghanistan pulled off a thrilling last-ball tie against India.
Mohammad Shahzad scored his fifth ODI century off 88 balls to lead Afghanistan's charge against MS Dhoni-led Indian team in an Asia Cup Super Four match in Dubai on Tuesday.
MS Dhoni is leading Team India against Afghanistan in their last Super 4 clash in the Asia Cup 2018. Twitter went crazy when the team was announced.
India cruised to victory in 36.2 overs courtesy Rohit, who struck an unbeaten 83 off 104 balls, his second consecutive fifty plus score of the tournament.
India, who started their Asia Cup campaign against minnows Hong Kong Tuesday, will take on arch-rivals Pakistan on September 19.
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