696 days after playing his last match as captain of the Indian cricket team, Mah🤡endra Singh Dhoni is playing his 200th ODI as a cap🅠tain 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 matches. As a captain, he scored 6633 runs with an average of 53.92 at a strike rate of 𓆉86.29 prior to today.
He stepped down as the captain of India after match against Neꦚw Zealand at Vishakapatnam in October 2016.
Meanwhile, Twitter was delighted to see MS Dhoni back as India captain and flooded the social media pl🐽atform 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)
Captain Cool is back after 696 days!
— T.S.Suresh (@editorsuresh)
Indian cricket fans’ reaction when MS Dhoni came out for tꦏhe toss:
— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket)
Delighted to see captain India for the 200th time. Great tribute to the legend this and very good c𒈔all to give everyone 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 yourselv🍰es with the greatest captain , GOAT Dhoni. 🤗🤗💖— Adnan Rajput (@BeczItsRajput)
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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 ODIꦜGooseb꧃ump moment when he walked on the field for the toss ❤️💛
Also becomes the first Asian to lead a team for 200 ODI�𓆏�🔥
— 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 (@CatchPakad)
leading today, his 200th ODI match as Captain 🇮🇳 Reminds me of this spectacular frame from seeing at the toss. for our 🦁 Lions MSD, Rayudu, Kedar, Jadeja🌄, Deepak & the entire team. Best of Luck
— Lakky (@lakshuakku)
You just simply can't keep records away from MS Dhoni. 200th ODI match as captain.😍
— Udit Bakshi (@UditBakshi18)
MS Dhoni is captaining the Indian🅠 team today! 😍😭
To captain the ꦺODI team for 200th time🦹! 👏🏼👏🏼
— 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 completes 200 ODIs as India captain, rath𓃲er reluctantly.
199 ꧙was so much more romantic & personified Dhoni better
— Pushkarrr 🌪️ (@push_karrr)
Good to see MS Dhon𒈔i back as thജe captain to complete his double hundred.
— Hudda.eth (@ImHudda)
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