Former Indian captain and Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has crossed an important milestone in T20 cricket, becoming the first wicketkeeper in the world to take 300 wickets.
He achieved the feat on Sunday by taking a catch from Delhi Capitals’ Prithvi Shaw.
Dhoni completed 300 catches in 367 T20 innings. Second on the list is former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal who took 274 catches in 281 innings.
Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has resigned from the captaincy on Thursday.
IPL 2024 is going to start from today, March 22. Just a day before the start of the tournament, Dhoni fans got the bad news that he has quit the captaincy of the Super Kings.
CSK have announced the new team captain for IPL 2024, Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Dhoni has captained Kings since the first season of IPL starting in 2008. CSK became five times IPL champions under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
Indian cricket legend Mahindra Singh Dhoni is getting hate by right-wing Indians for not attending the inauguration ceremony of Ayodhya Ram Mandir on Monday.
MS Dhoni was invited by the management of the controversial temple but he didn’t attend the ceremony. As a result, he is getting backlash on social media, with his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) being criticised for not posting anything about Ram Mandir on social media.
Hindutva extremists are pointing out that Dhoni made many public appearances including many get-togethers, birthday bashes and an engagement ceremony. But when it comes to attending the Pran Pratishtha ceremony, he was not available.
Here are a few reactions on social media:
Most famous celebrity who didn’t go to Ayodhya after receiving invitation
1. MS Dhoni #RamMandirPranPrathistha pic.twitter.com/JzpIfx8ZbI
— Amock (@Politics_2022_) January 22, 2024
Invitation sent to approx. 20000 people…
Approx. 8000 came…Notable Absentee- MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli #RamLallaVirajman #RamMandirPranPrathistha #RamAyenge #RamMandirAyodhya #RamMandir #AyodhaRamMandir #ShreeRam pic.twitter.com/O7ixbhbVz0
— Ajeet Kumar (@ajeetkr03) January 22, 2024
Despite being invited to the inauguration of Ram Mandir, @msdhoni did not attend. He thinks he is bigger than Ambani.#EndDhoni
— ×ALTRAS× (@Aditya_1_Sharma) January 22, 2024
This is really the Worst behaviour from Ms Dhoni , Virat Kohli , Rohit Sharma
Shame on you all
They Didn’t attend the Pran pratistha of Ram Mandir after Get invited
You don’t have 5-6 hours for Ram mandir pran pratistha But you have time for doing ads
Shame on You Allजय श्री… pic.twitter.com/USMUgbjwnf
— Mintu Dutta (@MNGamin65372627) January 22, 2024
MS Dhoni didn’t attend Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha bcz he didn’t want to hurt his woke Tamil fans
— Er K (@BekaarAaadmi) January 22, 2024
Shame on @msdhoni @ImRo45 @imVkohli for not attending Ram Mandir even after invitation
— Shivansh (@Shivansh18398) January 22, 2024
Most famous celebrity who didn’t go to Ayodhya after receiving invitation
1. MS Dhoni
And csk didn’t post anything about Rammandir that others did.
Hope they will not disappoint us.
— faaaaa. (@fazz7__) January 22, 2024
If Jadeja, who still has a long franchise and international career ahead of him can go to Ayodhya then what stopped Dhoni whose career was done many years ago ?
— (@AndColorPockeT) January 23, 2024
Lesson Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni should learn from Rohit Sharma
Don’t showoff if you can’t attend. pic.twitter.com/DFNTMcTalj
— Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Ctrlmemes_) January 22, 2024
Thala Dhoni : The message is clear pic.twitter.com/n6jnKV5GBs
— UmdarTamker (@UmdarTamker) January 22, 2024
India’s batting maestro Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma also didn’t attend the Ram Mandir inauguration ceremony.
Why did Virat kohli & Anushka Sharma Didn’t come for Ram mandir Pran pratishtha ayodhya event despite inviting them personally??
Does they consider themselves bigger than this event???#RamMandirPranPrathistha #AyodhaRamMandir pic.twitter.com/91QWWG2zB8
— Melbo (@Thewhite__guy) January 22, 2024
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, also known as Mahi, is widely considered the coolest and the most successful captain Indian cricket team has ever produced.
The superstar recently won the Indian Premiere League (IPL) 16th edition for the fifth time as the captain of Chennai Super Kings.
A die-hard fan of the ace cricketer has grabbed headlines for an incredible gesture.
Deepak, a resident of Tamnar in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, got Dhoni’s photo printed on both sides of his wedding card, as well as the number of his jersey.
The unique wedding invitation has now become the talk of the town.
Deepak, who considers Dhoni his ideal is also the captain of his village cricket team. He has said that he has won many matches for his team using the strategy employed by Dhoni as captain.
The yellow wedding card is going viral on social media, while Deepak has also invited MS Dhoni to his wedding.
It should be noted that this is the third incident in the last two years where a fan has printed Dhoni’s picture on his wedding card.
Star Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf has received a signed shirt from former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
The 40-year-old sent a signed Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) jersey to the pacer.
Rauf took to his Twitter account and expressed his joy and happiness on receiving the signed jersey from one of the game’s finest captains.
Pacer Rauf also thanked CSK team manager Russell Radhakrishnan for his support.
It is pertinent to mention that Rauf has played 34 T20Is for Pakistan and has taken 41 wickets, while in eight ODIs, he has taken 14 scalps. Currently, he is playing in Big Bash League (BBL) in Australia for the franchise Melbourne Stars.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s production house Dhoni Entertainment has announced that it will produce India’s first animated spy series Captain 7 in collaboration with Indian brand licencing company Black White Orange (BWO). According to reports, Captain 7 will feature India’s captain cool in whole a new avatar.
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Speaking about his upcoming venture, Dhoni, in a statement said: “The concept and story is great. It will bring to life my other passions along with cricket.”
Dhoni’s wife and co-producer and director of Dhoni Entertainment Sakshi Singh Dhoni added: “When BWO came to us with the concept of an animation fiction show based on Mahi, we were on board. A whole lot of adventure awaits you with Captain 7.”
The announcement was also made through the official Twitter account of Dhoni Entertainment. The first season of the series is scheduled to release next year.
“Creating aspirational Indian brands was one of the core thoughts when we started BWO,” said Founder and CEO of BWO Brands Bhavik Vora.
“While our focus has been licensing, we’ve always explored clutter-breaking new avenues. This is our first foray into original content and what better way than to take MSD’s legacy forward,” he added.
It’s the season of birthdays. Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik, who celebrated Sania’s birthday in Karachi earlier this week, have now jetted off to Dubai, where they celebrated Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s wife Sakshi Dhoni’s birthday.
Pictures of the celebrations were widely circulated on social media. Salman Khan’s sister Arpita Khan Sharma and Sania’s sister Anam were also on the guest list.
Sania shared a lovely photo of herself with Sakshi as she wished her a happy birthday.
Sakshi also shared an adorable picture of herself with husband Dhoni.
Dhoni was recently in Dubai for 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He decided to stay back there to spend time with family.
The clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) saw the latter winning by 20 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium as Chennai kept their ‘#10YearChallenge’ of replicating their 2010 campaign alive.
While it was a needed win for CSK, there was a moment in the match that got netizens questioning the umpire and former Indian skipper Mahinder Singh Dhoni. In the 19th over, Shardul Thakur bowled another yorker outside the tramline.
Umpire Paul Reiffel was about to stretch his arms wide, but Dhoni was spotted getting angry and staring at him. The umpire did not give it a wide and now netizens are questioning this decision.
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The controversial decision might not have played a big part in the outcome of the match but it does raise questions on how MS Dhoni’s “intimidatory” tactics against the umpire have come out to the fore again in IPL.
The result saw CSK go to the sixth spot in the points table and they will be hoping to sustain their momentum as they bid for the play-off spot. Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, have suffered yet another loss and it puts them in danger of not qualifying for the knockouts as the race for the top four spots intensifies.
In a disturbing development, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s five-year-old daughter has received rape threats from social media trolls following Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) loss to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Tuesday night match of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
CSK failed to chase a 168-run target, losing the game by 10 runs. Dhoni’s wife, Sakshi, got the threats on her Instagram account.
The threats created an outrage on social media, especially from women, as support poured in for the Dhonis, especially little Ziva.
Actor-turned-politician Nagma tweeted, “Where are we headed as a Nation? It’s disgusting Dhoni’s 5-Year-Old Daughter Ziva is Getting Rape Threats after CSK Lost IPL Match to KKR. Mr #PM what is this happening In our country?? [sic]”
Sowmya Reddy, member of the legislative assembly (MLA) from Karnataka, said, “This is just nasty! What’s happening to our country? Where are we heading?”
Rajya Sabha [upper house of the bicameral Indian parliament] lawmaker Priyanka Chaturvedi tweeted, “This has to be the most disgusting example of how social media platforms are being misused.”
Fans have often taken out their ire on the players. In earlier days, they have even pelted stones at players’ homes, burnt posters and shouted abuses.
However, targeting the daughter of a player in such a way has been unheard of before.
Former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, commonly known as MS Dhoni, has been spotted polishing military boots in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK), where he is serving the army.
The 38-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman, who holds the honourary rank of lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army Unit of the Indian army’s Parachute Regiment since 2011, had earlier made himself unavailable for the West Indies tour.
He had then left for the troubled valley to undertake the duties of patrolling, guard and post for a period of 15 days starting July 31.
“As requested by the officer and approved by army headquarters; he will be taking on the duties of patrolling, guard and post and would be staying with troops,” the Indian army had said in a statement issued last month.
In the Men in Blue’s ongoing West Indies tour, the two teams are crossing swords in three T20s, three ODIs and two Test matches.
Earlier, Dhoni was received with “Boom Boom Afridi” chants by the Kashmiris. Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi aka Boom Boom Afridi has been known to voice out his opinion when it comes to Kashmir.
Recently, after the Indian government’s recent decision to scrap Article 370, Afridi had taken to Twitter to highlight the unprovoked aggression and crimes in IoK.
He had also urged the United Nations (UN) to take action and asked United States (US) President Donald Trump to mediate on the matter.