धोनी का 43वां बर्थडे आज: भारत को 3 ICC खिताब जिताए; सबसे ज्यादा स्टंपिंग, सबसे ज्यादा मैचों में कप्तानी का रिकॉर्ड

Former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned 43 today. Born on 7 July 1983, Dhoni retired from international cricket in 2020, but he continues to play IPL. Dhoni is the only captain to win 3 ICC trophies for India under his captaincy. This record still stands today.

On 29 June, India won the T20 World Cup for the second time under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Team India had won the World Cup of this format for the first time 17 years ago under the captaincy of Dhoni.

In this story, we will know about Dhoni’s journey as a captain and player in all three formats, as well as his 5 unbreakable records…

Stopped playing Test in 2014
On April 11, 2008, Dhoni captained the team for the first time in a Test against South Africa in Kanpur. This 3-Test series was drawn 1-1. Dhoni played his last Test against Australia in Melbourne on December 26, 2014. As soon as this match was drawn, Dhoni said goodbye to this format. India won 27 Tests under his captaincy. He is the second most successful Test captain of Team India.

First Indian wicketkeeper to score a double century
On 2 December 2005, Dhoni made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Chennai. He scored 30 runs. In 2013, he scored 224 runs against Australia on the same ground. This was the first double century by an Indian player as a wicketkeeper. Dhoni scored 4876 runs in 90 Tests.

Won the first T20 World Cup in 2007
In 2007, ICC started the first World Cup of T-20 format. India did not send its senior players to the tournament. The command of the young Indian team was handed over to MS Dhoni. Dhoni led the team very well and also won the trophy for the country.

India played the last World Cup in 2016 under Dhoni’s captaincy, but the team was eliminated after losing the semi-finals to West Indies. Dhoni captained T-20 for the last time in 2016 against West Indies on the US ground. Dhoni captained India in the most number of T-20 matches, 72. This record has not been broken till date. Rohit Sharma retired after captaining in 61 T-20 matches.

Could score only 2 fifties in 98 T20s
Dhoni played his first T20 match against South Africa on 1 December 2006. This was also India’s first T20 match. In this format, he played the role of a finisher from the beginning. Hence, even after playing 98 T20 matches, he could score only 2 fifties. Dhoni played his last T20 match against Australia on 27 February 2019. India lost in this match.

Left ODI captaincy in 2017
In 2007, India was eliminated from the group stage of the ODI World Cup. Rahul Dravid left the captaincy of this format. Due to this, Dhoni, who won the T20 World Cup, also got the captaincy of the ODI format. Dhoni captained the ODI for the first time in Bangalore against Australia.

Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India won the 2011 ODI World Cup and won the ODI format’s ICC title after 28 years. Dhoni did not stop here, he also led India to the Champions Trophy title in 2013. This also proved to be the last ICC title of his career. After the ODI series against New Zealand in 2016, Dhoni handed over the captaincy of all three formats to Virat Kohli.

Run out in the last ODI, India lost
On 23 December 2004, Dhoni made his ODI and international debut against Bangladesh. He could not even open his account and was run out. However, Team India gave him further opportunities, which Dhoni utilized very well. After starting at number-3 position, Dhoni played most of the matches in his career at the finisher’s position. Despite this, he scored more than 10 thousand runs.

In the 2019 ODI World Cup semi-final against New Zealand, Dhoni was run out after scoring 50 runs off 72 balls. India lost the match by 18 runs and the team’s hopes of winning the World Cup also ended. Dhoni did not play any international match after this match and announced his international retirement through a social media post on August 15, 2020.

Chennai won 5 titles in IPL
MS Dhoni not only won 3 ICC titles for India under his captaincy in international cricket, but his captaincy was also excellent in IPL. He captained the CSK and RPS teams in 226 matches. Chennai won 5 titles under his captaincy. After the start of IPL 2024, Dhoni also handed over the captaincy of CSK to Rituraj Gaikwad.

Still not retired from IPL
Dhoni has been playing IPL since 2008, he has not yet retired from this tournament. So far he has scored 5243 runs in 264 IPL matches. These include 2 fifties. Dhoni has not yet said goodbye to IPL, so it is possible that at the age of 43, he can be seen playing the 2025 IPL.

5 unbreakable records of Dhoni…