The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice chairman, Rajeev Shukla, has welcomed the choice to retire MS Dhoni’s No.7 jersey and hailed his contribution to Indian cricket. Earlier on Friday, it was reported that the BCCI retired Dhoni’s iconic No.7 jersey as a gesture to the World Cup-winning captain. Dhoni is the second Indian participant after the legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar for whom BCCI has determined to retire his jersey. Tendulkar had jersey No.10 and BCCI retired it in 2017. Shukla welcomed the choice.
“The choice of BCCI is an honour for MS Dhoni due to his contribution to Indian cricket. He has immensely contributed to world cricket and Indian cricket. It is a good determination. No.7, which was related to him, can’t be diluted…another person who might have had that quantity,” Shukla advised ANI
Throughout a profession that spanned over 15 years, Dhoni left a long-lasting mark on this planet of cricket.
Within the long-format profession, Dhoni performed 90 matches, scoring 4,876 runs at a median of 38.09. He scored six centuries and 33 half-centuries, with one of the best rating of 224. He’s the 14th-highest scorer for India in Checks.
As a captain, he led India in 60 Take a look at matches, out of which they gained 27 matches, misplaced 18 and drew 15. With a win share of 45.00, he’s certainly one of India’s most profitable skippers throughout all eras. He led Group India to the primary rating within the ICC Take a look at Rankings. He’s additionally the one Indian skipper to whitewash Australia within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, doing so within the 2010-11 and 2012-13 collection.
Dhoni’s strongest format was the ODIs. In 350 ODIs, he scored 10,773 runs at a median of fifty.57. He scored 10 centuries and 73 fifties for India, with one of the best rating of 183*. He’s India’s fifth-highest scorer in ODIs (with Sachin Tendulkar on the high with 18,426 runs). He’s additionally the eleventh most profitable ODI batter of all time. The truth that he managed to attain 10,000-plus runs at a median of over 50 whereas coming down the order makes his statistics much more astonishing.
He led India in 200 ODI matches, profitable 110, shedding 74. 5 matches had been tied whereas 11 failed to provide a outcome, he has a win share of 55.
With 229 sixes, he’s the fifth-highest six-hitter of all time and in addition has the second-highest sixes by an Indian subsequent to Rohit Sharma (275 sixes). He’s additionally the sixth-fastest participant to achieve 10,000 ODI runs, doing so in 273 innings.
‘Mahi’, as he’s recognized to the followers, performed 98 T20Is for India, scoring 1,617 runs at a median of 37.60, at a strike price of 126.13. He has two half-centuries within the format, with one of the best rating of 56.
He led India in 72 T20Is, profitable 41, shedding 28, one being tied and two failing to provide outcomes. His win share is 56.94.
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