The veteran India wicket-keeper batsman and two-time World Cup winner Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket in an Instagram post on Saturday
Raina's message came minutes after Dhoni told his million of fans 'consider me retired' on his Instagram page
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday lauded former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's contribution to the sport. Dhoni retired from international cricket earlier in the day. "I have had a long association with the game of Cricket and in appointing M S Dhoni as captain we were sure he would be one of India's most successful captains," Pawar, a former BCCI president, said. "His contribution to cricket is unique and inspiring, and his record exemplary. My good wishes will always be with him," Pawar added. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar extended best wishes to the cricketer. "One of India's finest Wicket-keeper-Batsman & Captain, M.S. Dhoni has announced retirement from International Cricket. All the best for his future! #MSDhoni," Pawar tweeted. Maharashtra Youth Congress chief Satyajeet Tambe said the "legend" will be missed in international cricket. "Being a master strategist, @msdhoni has wondrous reading of match situations even under immens
Former Indian skipper Anil Kumble on Saturday lauded Suresh Raina for a "wonderful" international career
Dhoni could force one to throw the MCC cricket manual in the trash bin with his daredevilry in unorthodox strokeplay
One record that Captain Cool holds but would not like to is that of the most number of overseas Test defeats (15) by an Indian captain
The two-time World Cup-winning captain kept everyone guessing about his retirement till the end but when he finally did, it left the cricket world overwhelmed with emotions
While the BCCI paid tribute to the 2011 World Cup winning former captain after he made his announcement on his Instagram handle, it did not speak of any plans for a farewell match
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who had ended his long wait for an ODI World Cup under Dhoni's captaincy in 2011, too wished luck to the former Indian skipper for his second innings
MS Dhoni has retired from international cricket but his record as India's finest wicket-keeper-batsman will continue to speak volumes
Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired, MS Dhoni said in an Instagram post
On August 14 in 1990, an unbeaten 119 against England at the Old Trafford in Manchester marked the beginning of the Tendulkar era
Leading Indian pacer Ishant Sharma wants to make a comeback in the 50-overs cricket and wishes to be a part of the World Cup team
Agarwal has so far played 11 Tests for India in which he has scored 974 runs, including three hundreds and four half-centuries
Rohit Sharma feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni is "one of a kind", playing down recent comparisons of his leadership style and composure with the two-time World Cup-winning former captain
Dhoni last played for Team India in the semifinal of the 2019 ICC World Cup in Manchester where they sufferred a heartbreaking 18-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand
The IPL 2020 is slated to start from September 19 in the UAE, while next year, the tournament is likely to be played in its normal window
The top Indian cricketers are unlikely to have a national camp at Motera prior to the Indian Premier League, taking into account their health and safety amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. There is a high possibility that all the centrally contracted cricketers, save Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari (who don't feature in IPL), will be joining their respective IPL teams training camp in Dubai from the start. While BCCI Apex Council had zeroed in on the state-of-the-art Motera Stadium for the conditioning camp, the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) is yet to get any formal intimation from the BCCI. "There were media reports that camp will start from August 18 and go on till September 4 but we have no formal intimation from the BCCI till now," a GCA official told PTI on conditions of anonymity. It is learnt that there has been discussions on the issue that players travelling multi city -- from their homes to Ahmedabad and then Dubai -- can expose themselves to more healt
The four Tests of the much-anticipated series are currently scheduled to be played at Gabba, Adelaide Oval, MCG and the SCG respectively starting December 3
The flamboyant all-rounder, who was out of the Indian team due to back injury, was to make a comeback during the South Africa tour of India