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Dhoni retirement Twitter reactions: Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and others bid adieu to MS Dhoni

Dixit Bhargav
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Dhoni retirement Twitter reactions: Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and others bid adieu to MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni retirement Twitter reactions: The legendary Indian cricketer allured heartening reactions around his international retirement.

Veteran India wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has surprised one and all after hanging his boots from international cricket. Considering that it had to happen in the near future, retirement of someone of Dhoni’s stature was always going to bring out emotional reactions from his plentiful fans.

In 350 ODIs, Dhoni scored 10,773 runs at an average of 50.57 and a strike rate of 87.56 including 10 centuries and 73 half-centuries. In 98 T20Is, the hard-hitting batsman’s 1,617 runs came at an average and strike rate of 37.60 and 126.13 respectively.

Having made his international debut in 2004, Dhoni went on to captain India in 332 out of his 538 international appearances. Dhoni, who turned 39 last month, remains the only captain to win the T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup and the Champions Trophy.

For someone who mostly batted in the lower middle-order across formats, scoring 17,266 international runs speaks highly of his ability to score and win matches for India at will. What makes him an all-time great is the fact that he kept wickets and led the team in addition to just scoring runs.

While players excel in individual fields, Dhoni will be remembered as this never-seen-before player who contributed across divisions on a cricket field.

MS Dhoni retirement Twitter reactions

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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