Sending hundreds of thousands of India into nostalgia and a visit down reminiscence lane, legendary Indian World Cup-winning skipper MS Dhoni posed with the ICC Cricket World Cup trophy on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquarters in Mumbai on Saturday.
On April 2, 2011, an enormous six from Dhoni had given hundreds of thousands of India maybe the most important and most celebrated reminiscence of their lifetime, as India beat Sri Lanka on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to deliver dwelling the Cricket World Cup after 28 years. After India’s unsuccessful makes an attempt to win ICC trophies in final decade or so, Dhoni’s triumph has turn out to be much more iconic. (IPL 2024: Ishan Kishan Breaks Silence On Losing BCCI Contract And Missing Ranji Trophy)
The 2011 World Cup is probably the most celebrated accomplishment of ‘Thala’. With the ICC T20 World Cup 2007, ICC Champions Trophy 2013 and the 2011 World Cup, he’s additionally the one captain to safe all main ICC trophies. He additionally took India to the number-one rating in Test cricket again in 2009.
“MS Dhoni World Cup Trophy Made for each other BCCI HQ | @msdhoni| #TeamIndia,” tweeted BCCI. (EXPLAINED: Why Rishabh Pant Argued With On-Field Umpires During LSG vs DC Game In IPL 2024?)
Coming to the title conflict, Sri Lanka opted to bat first and reached 274/6, owing to unbeaten century by Mahela Jayawardene (113), knocks by skipper Kumar Sangakkara (48), Tillakaratne Dilshan (48) and Thisara Perera (22*). Zaheer Khan (2/60) and Yuvraj Singh (2/49) have been the choose of the bowlers for India.
In the run chase, India struggled initially after the dismissal of openers Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar early. Then knocks from Gautam Gambhir (97), Virat Kohli (35), MS Dhoni (91*) and Yuvraj Singh (21*) helped India safe a six-wicket win.
Dhoni can also be a well-accomplished captain in T20 franchise cricket, main Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to 5 Indian Premier League (IPL) and two Champions League T20 (CLT20) titles as a captain. In this season of the IPL, which might be his final, he has handed over the captaincy to opener Ruturaj Gaikwad. CSK is at third place with three wins and two losses and can play arch-rivals Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday at Wankhede Stadium.
With 17,266 worldwide runs in 538 matches and 16 centuries and 108 fifties, together with 10,773 runs in 350 matches of his greatest format, the ODIs, at a median of fifty.57 and 10 centuries and 73 fifties, Dhoni is without doubt one of the biggest Indian batters of all time who made a reputation for himself along with his six-hitting and ending talents.
