696 days after playing his last ꦐmatch as captain of the Indian cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is playing his 200th ODI as a captain against Afghanistan 💫in the Super Four match of the ongoing Asia Cup.
With this match, Dhoni has become the first Asian captain to lead his side in 200 ODIs. He is third on the list of players which most ODIs as captain behind Australia’s Ricky Ponting (230 matches) and New Zealand’s Stephen Fleming (218 matches).
In his 199 games as the captain of the Indian side, MS Dhoni won 110 matches and lost 74 mꦅatches. As a captain, he scored 6633 runs with an average of 53.92 at a strike rate of 86.29 prior to today.
He stepped down as the captain of In💎dia after match agai൩nst New Zealand at Vishakapatnam in October 2016.
Meanwhi♓le, Twitter was delighted to see M🧔S Dhoni back as India captain and flooded the social media platform with welcome back messages.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
200th game as skipper for Dhoni. To all his die hard followers, who were waiting with a ray of hope to see him lead the side in India colors. Here's it.
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
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Indian cricket fans’ reaction when MS Dhoni🔯 came out for the toss:
— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket)
Delighted to see captain India for the 2🅷00th time. Great tribute to the legend this and very good call to give everꦡyone a break.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
. is back as a captain,
Once a captain, always a captain 😍
— Sarah Taylor (@SarahTheCricket)
Such a delight to see MS Dhoni as a captain…
— Kishore Bardhan (@KishoreBardhan)
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Dhoni is captain today, isliye
— Kuptaan 🇮🇳 (@Kuptaan)
Dhoni !!!!! Once a captain always a captain …
Its a♓ special occasion Feast yourselves with the gr♐eatest captain , GOAT Dhoni. 🤗🤗💖— Adnan Rajput (@BeczItsRajput)
//twitter.com/Kanth__/status/1044546264849760256
MS Dhoni is the CAPTAIN!!!!! Miracles do happen 🙌
Itni khushi Allah, now I can die in peace. ♥️— 🇮🇳Habibti🏴 (@Yas_Queen17)
MS Dhoni as Captain:
Oct 2016: 199th ODI
Sep 2018: 200th ODIℱGoosebump moment when he w🌊alked on the field for the toss ❤️💛
Also becomes the first Asian tꦗo lead a tea♏m for 200 ODI💯🔥
— Neel Patel (@NeelPatel189)
I thought I'd meet my friends and skip today's match, but destiny had other plans.
I'll instead see MS Dhoni captain again, after a year and a half, in his 200th ODI. Palms sweating. Pulses increasing. Body fidgeting.
— Kaustubh Mayekar (@kaustubh_mayekr)
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You just simply can't keep records away from MS Dhoni. 200th ODI match as captain.😍
— Udit Bakshi (@UditBakshi18)
MS Dhoni is c🌌aptaining the Indian team today! 😍😭
To captain theღ ODI team for 200th time! 👏🏼ജ👏🏼
— Utkarsh Verma (@utkarshv13)
MS Dhoni is leading India for the 200th time.
"It's destiny. Good to complete 200 ODIs," says
— Krishna Raj (@rajkrishna52)
😍 Dhoni as a captain
— Mask 🎭 (@Mr_LoLwa)
MS Dhoni comꦛpletes 200 ODIs as India captain, ✱rather reluctantly.
199 was so much more rom൲antic & personifi𝔍ed Dhoni better
— Pushkarrr 🌪️ (@push_karrr)
Good to se🃏e MS Dhoni ba🉐ck as the captain to complete his double hundred.
— Shubham Hudda (@ImHudda)
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