MS Dhoni announced his decision to retire from Test cricket after the end of the third Test against Australia in Melbourne.
The announcement was made via a press release just hours after the third Commonwealth Bank Test match at the MCG ended in a draw, returning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia, who are 2-0 up with one Test to play.
Dhoni will continue to play one-day internationals and Twenty20 cricket for India. The BCCI statement from secretary Sanjay Patel said “Dhoni has decided to retire from Test cricket citing the strain of playing all formats of cricket.
The right-hander finished with a healthy batting record of 4876 runs in 90 Tests at an average of 38, while accounting for 256 catches and 38 stumpings behind the wickets.
DHONI PROVES TO BE A INDIA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL CAPTAIN –
- Most successful Indian skipper
- Most successful Indian skipper at home
- Most runs as India captain
- Highest individual score by an Indian captain
- Highest individual score by a wicket-keeper captain
- Highest individual score by an Indian wicket-keeper
- Most dismissals and most catches by an Indian wicket-keeper
- Most dismissals in a match by an Indian wicket-keeper
Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
MS Dhoni now aggregates 3454 runs with the bat as Test captain – the most by any Indian captain (Gavaskar 3449) & then announces retirement!
Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Just feeling a bit sad about Dhoni’s retirement from Test Cricket. Didn’t see it coming at all. #DhoniRetiresFromTest
Anjum Chopra (@Anjum_Chopra)
Once a leader always a leader #Dhoni.One of the great success stories of Indian cricket am sure will be missed.#Performer #matchwinner @BCCI