Written by: Pranjal Khatiwada - 2022013, Grade X
Posted on: 28 September, 2020
From a boy-wonder to one of the greatest who made winning a habit. The name and the chants speak for the man himself “Dhoni”, “Dhoni”, popularly known as Captain Cool and Finisher, Dhoni is an Indian former international cricketer who captained India across formats. A guy born in a middle-class family in Ranchi, Bihar dreamt of playing cricket for his country and achieved lots of heights in his illustrious international career. He is known as one of the best in the international arena, with his batting, keeping, and captaincy records speaking for himself. The game wasn't won until you got Dhoni out.
The legacy of his man is undefinable. He defined and explained Wicket-Keeping. The calm head of MS Dhoni and his all-round finishing skills has won 47 out of 49 matches when he remained not-out in a run chase, that is a record in itself. Under his captaincy, India won the T20 World cup in 2007, and the last ball finish of the 2011 ODI World cup, and finally the 2013 Champions Trophy win against England being the only captain in the history of Cricket to win all ICC trophies. He would be known as the greatest Indian Captain to ever captain. He is regarded as the greatest captain to ever play the game. He has played 538 matches with 17,266 runs in overall formats, 16 hundred and 108 fifties across formats, 359 sixes, 829 dismissals, and his Captaincy record in IPL being phenomenal leading CSK for 13 years, bagging 3 titles to the franchise, he is also regarded as the best captain in IPL(Indian Premier League). He has also got a stature of GOD in Chennai, India, and a loved one in the country. The Indian Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant colonel to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He had inspired a lot around the globe being a role model for those who want to play the game form a small state being a Ticket Collector and earning his name in cricket. Arguably, the best of the lots. Every record of him defines him. The caliber that he had set would never be broken. Whether it may be All-time ODI, T20, or Test XI, he is the captain in each one of them.
On 15th August 2020, MS-Dhoni retired from international cricket sharing a post on Instagram. MS Dhoni in his retirement video even included some of the toughest moments of his career. He's treating low points of his career the same way he's celebrating his highs. Soon after his retirement post, His best friend Suresh Raina, the former Indian International Cricketer also announced his retirement from International Cricket. The World cup winning duo known as “Thala” and ”Chinna Thala” shared their retirement within a span of half an hour. Talking about MSD, he was a unique cricketer, calm head, never celebrated too much in his success, also didn’t let down in his lows. In his first-ever match, he got run-out and so happened the last. Seen many careers from Century-Century, Duck-Duck, but one of Dhoni’s was between runout-runout. One runout in the hurdle of being settled in the team and one as the last hope of winning the match for his team. He ended over a year of suspense and also an era with his unorthodox captaincy skills and the finishing skills comparing him to the legends of the game.
