MS Dhoni announces retirement from int'l cricket

MS Dhoni, the former India skipper and India’s most successful captain in limited-overs cricket, announced his retirement on Saturday.

“Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout.from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired”, the 39-year-old wrote on his Instagram account.

Dhoni was pictured reaching Chennai for the CSK training camp earlier this week. He is expected to play in the upcoming IPL 2020 in the UAE, which starts on September 19.

He has been on a sabbatical from international cricket since India’s semi-final exit in the ODI World Cup.

He had so far refused to talk about his future. At an event in Mumbai earlier, Dhoni had said questions regarding his return to international cricket should only be asked after January 2020. “January tak mat poocho (don’t ask me till January),” at an event in Mumbai.

“We will not get to see him play in international cricket. It’s disheartening to not see him play. He made us win a World Cup after 28 years. The we won Champions Trophy under his captaincy. He will play in the IPL and that’s the biggest relief for his fans,” Sunil Gavaskar told Aaj Tak on Saturday.

The 39-year-old batsman-wicketkeeper is the only captain in the history of cricket to win all ICC trophies. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.

 He represented the country in 350 ODIs, 90 Tests and 98 T20 Internationals. He is an ODI legend with 10,773 runs, averaging more than 50 despite batting between No.5 and 7 for a major chunk of his career. In the Test format, Dhoni accumulated 4876 runs at an average of 38.09 and led India to more wins (27) than anyone else before him.

Source: Indian Express