Won 3 ICC titles for India; most stumpings, captained most matches. Dhoni’s 43rd birthday today: Won 3 ICC titles for India; Record of most stumpings, captaincy in most matches

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

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

In the story, you will know about Dhoni’s journey as a captain and player in all three formats, along with his 5 unbreakable records…

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

First Indian wicketkeeper to score a double century
On December 2, 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. Which was the first double century of any Indian player as a wicketkeeper. Dhoni scored 4876 runs in 90 tests.

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

Under the captaincy of Dhoni, India played its last World Cup in 2016, but the team was eliminated after losing the semi-finals to West Indies. Dhoni captained T20 for the last time on the US soil in 2016 against West Indies. Dhoni commanded India in maximum 72 T20s. This record has also not been broken yet. Rohit Sharma retired after captaining in 61 T20s.

Could score only 2 fifties in 98 T-20s
Dhoni played his first T20 against South Africa on December 1, 2006. This was also India’s first T20. In this format, he played the role of finisher from the beginning. Therefore, even after playing 98 T-20s, he could score only 2 fifties. Dhoni played his last T20 match against Australia on February 27, 2019. India lost in this.

Left ODI captaincy in 2017
In 2007, India was out of the group stage of the ODI World Cup. Rahul Dravid left the captaincy of this format. For this reason, Dhoni, who won the T-20 World Cup, also got the captaincy of the ODI format. Dhoni captained ODI for the first time against Australia in Bengaluru.

Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India won the 2011 ODI World Cup and won the ICC title in the ODI format after 28 years. Dhoni did not stop here, he also made India win 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.

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

In 2019, in the ODI World Cup semi-final against New Zealand, Dhoni was run out after scoring 50 runs on 72 balls. India lost the match by 18 runs and the team’s hopes of winning the World Cup were also lost. 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 led India to 3 ICC titles in international cricket under his captaincy, his captaincy in IPL was also excellent. He captained CSK and RPS team in 226 matches. Under his captaincy, Chennai won 5 titles. After the start of 2024 IPL, Dhoni also handed over the captaincy of CSK to Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Still haven’t taken retirement from IPL
Dhoni has been playing IPL since 2008, he has not yet taken retirement from this tournament. So far he has scored 5243 runs in 264 IPL matches. These include 2 Fifty. Dhoni has not yet said goodbye to IPL, so it is possible that at the age of 43, he may be seen playing IPL of 2025 also.

Dhoni’s 5 unbreakable records…