MS Dhoni retires from international cricket, leaves fans stunned

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Bengaluru, Aug 15: India’s 74th Independence Day, turned out to be a sad day for cricket fans as Indian cricket stalwart MS Dhoni announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.

The world cup winning skipper shared a video on Instagram and captioned it, “Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout.from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired.”

Dhoni last played international cricket during the 2019 ICC ODI World Cup in England. MSD, one of the best finishers in ODI cricket, has played 350 ODIs for the country and amassed 10773 runs, which includes ten hundreds and 73 half centuries.

The former skipper has also played 98 T20Is. Dhoni had already retired from Test cricket in 2015 and current skipper Virat Kohli had taken over the reigns.

One of the fittest cricketers and finest finishers of Indian cricket, Dhoni ends his career as one of the most successful captains of the Men in Blue. Dhoni who leads the Chennai Super Kings, will still be seen in action at the upcoming edition of the IPL, but unfortunately, the wicketkeeper will not don the blue jersey again.

Though Dhoni’s retirement has been a topic of discussion for a while now, and it was expected that he would soon bid farewell to the Indian team, his decision left fans and colleagues shocked. As the loved wicketkeeper called it quits, here’s how social media broke down: