MS Dhoni retires

Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday. The 39-year-old  last played for India on July 10, in the World Cup 2019 semi-final which we lost to New Zealand in a rain-marred match in Manchester. The World Cup winning captain had contributed with 50 runs and one dismissal in his last ODI appearance for Team India.

MS Dhoni concluded his remarkable ODI career with 10, 773 runs in 350 matches at a strike-rate of 87.56. In T20 Internationals, MS Dhoni has 1, 617 runs in 98 matches to his name at an impressive strike-rate of 126.13. He had retired from the longest format in December 2014 with 4, 876 runs in 90 Tests, including six centuries and a highest score of 224.

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The Ranchi-born wicketkeeper-batsman led the national team from 2007 to 2016, following which Virat Kohli took over the reins of the Indian team in all three formats.

Dhoni was the Indian Test captain from 2008 to 2014 and the nation opted for split captaincy with Kohli leading the shorter-format teams for two years.

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