Dhoni Announced his retirement as Captain from ODI, T20
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced his retirement from his role as captain of the Indian limited overs side (while still being available for selection as a player). He had retired from Tests (and thereby given up captaincy) during the away tour in Australia in December 2014.
He has led India in 60 Tests (27 wins, 15 draws, 18 losses), 199 ODIs (110 wins and 74 losses) and 73 T20Is (41 wins and 28 losses).
He was at the helm when India were number one ranked Test side in 2009; led them to a world cup victory in 2011 at home, and gatecrashed the sport as the leader of the T20 side in 2007 winning the inaugural edition of WT20.
While playing the sport, his exceptional performance in wicket keeping is what earned him an entry into a local cricket club, which led to being selected to the Bihar U-19 team and to the Assam team and subsequently to the India A team to Kenya for a tri-series tournament. A year later, he was selected to play in the ODI squad for the 2004/2005 Bangladesh tour.
He has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sports honor given by the Indian government in 2008.
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