Dhoni is the only captain to have won three major ICC trophies

By Akshay - June 23, 2022 - Last updated on Jun 23, 2022 01:53 PM

Former captain and veteran wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 39, who has won two World Cups for India, has said goodbye to international cricket.

• Dhoni made his international debut in December 2004 by playing ODIs.
• World Cup semi-final (9-10 July 2019) was his last ODI match.

Dhoni played his last Test match for India in December 2014 against Australia in Melbourne. Apart from this, Dhoni played his last T20 International against Australia in Bengaluru in February 2019, while the World Cup semi-final (9-10 July 2019) was his last One Day International.

Born on 7 July 1981, the effect of his growing age was beginning to be seen in the batting of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni had to fall prey to criticism for his slow batting. After the World Cup, Team India went on the West Indies tour, but Dhoni spent 15 days in Kashmir with the Territorial Army Unit during this period. He was posted in Kashmir from 31 July to 15 August.

Dhoni is the only captain in world cricket who has won three major ICC trophies. Under Dhonis captaincy, Team India has won the title of ICC World T20 (2007), Cricket World Cup (2011) and ICC Champions Trophy (2013). Apart from this, India became number-1 in Tests for the first time in 2009.

Captain Dhonis achievements

• 1st Cricket World Cup (2011)
• 1st T20 World Cup (2007)
• 1st Champions Trophy (2013)
• 3 IPL titles (2010, 2011, 2018)
• 2 Champions League T20 titles (2010, 2014)

Performance in international cricket

• 10,773 ODI runs, 444 victims behind the wickets
• 4,876 Test runs, 294 victims behind the wickets
• 1,617 T20 International runs, 91 victims behind the wicket

Performance in One Day Internationals

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored 10773 runs in 350 ODIs for India at an average of 50.57, which includes 10 centuries and 73 half-centuries. During this his best score was an unbeaten 183 runs. Dhoni has 1 wicket in ODIs and his best performance has been 1 wicket for 14 runs.

Performance in test matches

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored 4876 runs in 90 Test matches for India at an average of 38.09, including 6 centuries and 33 half-centuries. During this his best score was 224 runs.

Performance in T20 Internationals

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored 1617 runs for India in 98 T20 Internationals at an average of 37.60, including 2 half-centuries. During this his best score was 56 runs.

Performance in IPL

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored 4432 runs in 190 IPL matches at an average of 42.21, including 23 half-centuries. During this his best score was 84 runs.

Top 5 captains Record

Player	Span	Match	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	W/L	%W	%L
MS Dhoni (INDIA)	2007-2018	332	178	120	6	15	1.48	53.61	36.14
RT Ponting (AUS/ICC)	2002-2012	324	220	77	2	13	2.85	67.9	23.76
SP Fleming (NZ)	1997-2007	303	128	135	2	25	0.94	42.24	44.55
GC Smith (Afr/ICC/SA)	2003-2014	286	163	89	1	27	1.83	56.99	31.11
AR Border (AUS)	1984-1994	271	139	89	2	38	1.56	51.29	32.84

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