Former India cricketer and legendary captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni completed 16 years in international cricket on Wednesday. The MS Dhoni debut came under Sourav Ganguly’s captaincy on December 23, 2004, against Bangladesh in an ODI at Chattogram. It wasn’t exactly a debut to remember for Dhoni as he was, unfortunately, run-out for a first-ball duck. But, little did we know that it was just a blip before a Dhoni-sized juggernaut would take over Indian cricket. As Dhoni completed 16 years in international cricket on Wednesday, his fans on Twitter poured in with posts to pay tribute to the man who changed the dynamics of Indian cricket with his exceptional cricketing skills. Several reactions poured in as fans expressed how they missed the veteran stumper and in no time, Dhoni’s name started trending on Twitter. Here’s a look at a few reactions.
Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on August 15, thereby calling it a day on a glorious career. Dhoni, who called it quits from the longest format of the game in 2014, decided to hang his boots from the limited-overs formats as well for India. Dhoni announced his retirement through a video on Instagram, which featured the top moments of his cricketing journey since making his debut in 2004. He captioned the video, “Thanks. Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout. From 1929 hrs consider me as Retired.”
Shortly after announcing his retirement, Dhoni was in action in the Dream11 IPL 2020 for Chennai franchise. Dhoni made his first competitive appearance in more than a year for Chennai in the Dream11 IPL 2020 opening match against Mumbai. His last competitive match before playing in the IPL was the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-final against New Zealand where the Men in Blue were knocked out of the tournament by the Kiwis.
