Former India captain MS Dhoni has relinquished himself from the international duty as he bid adieu to the game on Saturday, August 15, and thereby ended a year of suspense and speculations. He announced his retirement on Instagram🎐 by posting a short video capturing his journey from the debut to the very e🍷nd of his international career.
For India, Dhoni leaves behind an indelible legacy, a proven framework and a guiding philosophy for posterity. He shattered nume༒rous records, created new ones and set benchmar🌄ks that will surely stand the test of time.
‘Captain Cool’, as he is popularly known, revolutionised the game of cricket with his lightning-fast reflexes behind the stumps, numerous intuitive decisions as a captain that is beyond the comprehension of collective wisdom, and not to forget, his immaculate hitting ability lower down the order.
His retirement has carved an enormous void in world cꦯricket.
The cricketing fraternity flocked to social media platforms to express their admiration﷽ and good wishes for the 39-yeꦜars-old.
International Cricket Council (ICC) also shared a series of nostalgic montages from Dhoni’s 16-year long, illustrious career that has been trending on Twitter.
One of the first videos the apex cricketing body shared on their official handle features Dhoni’s monstrous six off Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara that saw India fly past a stiff target in the 2011 World Cup final. This moment is etched in the hearts of millions of cricket fans for eternity.
Dhoni finishes off in style!
He has retired from inter💫national cricket 16 years after making his debut 👏👏👏꧂
— ICC (@ICC)
In the 2016 T20 World Cup clash against Bangladesh, the Ranchi-born pulled out a spectacular last-ball r﷽un-out to knock the Tigers🅘 out of the tournament.
Who reꦜmembers this 🔥 run-out from MS Dhoni in the 💧2016 ?
Where would you rate this in the top Dhoni moments in inter🌺national cricket?
— ICC (@ICC)
ICC replugged an old video from 2019 in whi൲ch stalwarts like Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, V☂irat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are heaping praise on the former Indian skipper.
MS Dhoni: One name, a million memories! 💫
What's your favourite memory of the former India skipper?
— ICC (@ICC)
Further, the Ranchi-lad ranks third in the list of wicket-keepers with most dismissals, only behind Adam Gilchrist and Mark Boucher. However, whe♎n it comes to stum🌳ping, Dhoni is head and shoulders above his contemporaries.
Wicket-keepers with most internatiꦗonal dismissals:
🇿🇦 Mark Boucher ➜ 998
🇦🇺 Adam Gilchrist ➜ 905
🇮🇳 MS DHONI ➜ 829 👏— ICC (@ICC)
With the bat, Dhoni happened to be one of the most destructive batsmen who solely relied on his muscle-power to clear boundar🐼ies with incꦿredible ease.
3️⃣5️⃣9️⃣ sixes in MS Dhoni's international career!
And he hit them all around the park 💥
— ICC (@ICC)