{"id":1328,"date":"2014-12-31T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2015-01-01T08:45:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T08:45:25","slug":"surprisingly-unexpected-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/31\/surprisingly-unexpected-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprisingly Unexpected Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10899680_10152429649287132_378989689_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10899680_10152429649287132_378989689_n-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"10899680_10152429649287132_378989689_n\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MS Dhoni \u00a0announced his decision to retire from Test cricket after the end of the third Test against Australia in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Dhoni will continue to play one-day internationals and Twenty20 cricket for India. The BCCI statement from secretary Sanjay Patel said &#8220;Dhoni has decided to retire from Test cricket citing the strain of playing all formats of cricket.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>DHONI PROVES TO BE A INDIA&#8217;S MOST SUCCESSFUL CAPTAIN &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Most successful Indian skipper\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Most successful Indian skipper at home<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Most runs as India captain<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Highest individual score by an Indian captain<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Highest individual score by a wicket-keeper captain<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Highest individual score by an Indian wicket-keeper<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Most dismissals and most catches by an Indian wicket-keeper<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Most dismissals in a match by an Indian wicket-keeper<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"header\">\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\">Twitter was overwhelmed by MSD retirement from Test cricket:<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\">well done on a wonderful career in test cricket <b>@msdhoni<\/b>. Always enjoyed playing together. Next target 2015 WC my friend!!<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Suresh Raina (@iamraina)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\">Valiant while you led. Valiant in your departure. <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">#Respect<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">@msdhoni<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\">Chennai 2 G, Great career MSD <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a class=\"profile customisable h-card\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a><\/strong><\/span> retired as captain. Way 2 go! Well done buddy on a fantastic test inning! Good luck! <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"profile customisable h-card\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\">@<b class=\"p-nickname\">BCCI<\/b><\/a> <a class=\"hashtag customisable\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AUSvIND?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\">#<b>AUSvIND<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\">Love the way <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"profile customisable h-card\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@<b class=\"p-nickname\">msdhoni<\/b><\/a><\/span> plays the game &#8230; But it&#8217;s now the right time for <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"profile customisable h-card\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imVkohli\">@<b class=\"p-nickname\">imVkohli<\/b><\/a><\/span> to take the Indian Test team in a new direction&#8230;..<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\">Whichever way, you look at it, it&#8217;s been a wonderful career. He&#8217;s staying on to play his stronger suit. <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"hashtag customisable\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dhoni?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\">#<b>Dhoni<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\">MSDhoni&#8217;s retirement in midst of test series leaves lot of us perplexed! But that&#8217;s his prerogative.I&#8217;d like 2 wish MSD Happy Retirement!!<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Robert Croft (@RDBcroft10)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-card p-author with-verification\">Ms Dhoni will go down as the greatest Indian Cricket captain to date. Test Cricket No. 1 , world 50 over and T20 Champions under him! <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"hashtag customisable\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Class?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\">#<b>Class<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MS Dhoni now aggregates 3454 runs with the bat as Test captain &#8211; the most by any Indian captain (Gavaskar 3449) &amp; then announces retirement!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just feeling a bit sad about Dhoni&#8217;s retirement from Test Cricket. Didn&#8217;t see it coming at all. <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"hashtag customisable\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DhoniRetiresFromTest?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\">#<b>DhoniRetiresFromTest<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Anjum Chopra (@Anjum_Chopra)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Once a leader always a leader <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"hashtag customisable\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dhoni?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\">#<b>Dhoni<\/b><\/a><\/span>.One of the great success stories of Indian cricket am sure will be missed.<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"hashtag customisable\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Performer?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\">#<b>Performer<\/b><\/a> <a class=\"hashtag customisable\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/matchwinner?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\">#<b>matchwinner<\/b><\/a> <a class=\"profile customisable h-card\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\">@<b class=\"p-nickname\">BCCI<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MS Dhoni \u00a0announced 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1815,"featured_media":1329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,8],"tags":[114,298,306,96,210,307],"class_list":["post-1328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-interesting-stories","tag-india","tag-india-vs-australia","tag-mahendra-singh-dhoni","tag-ms-dhoni","tag-retirement","tag-test-captain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1334,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions\/1334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}