Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday (30/12/2014)
retired from Test cricket with immediate effect, after his team lost the
Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia.
“One of India’s greatest Test Captains under whose
leadership India became the No. 1 team in the Test Rankings, M.S. Dhoni has
decided to retire from Test Cricket citing the strain of playing all formats of
Cricket,” the BCCI said in a statement.
“M.S. Dhoni has chosen to retire from Test Cricket with
immediate effect in order to concentrate on ODI and T20 formats. BCCI while
respecting the decision of M S Dhoni to retire from Test Cricket wishes to
thank him for his enormous contribution to Test Cricket and the laurels that he
has brought to India,” it added.
The 33-year-old, who led India to an unprecedented two
World Cup titles (2007 Twenty20 World Championships and the 2011 ODI World
Cup), had been drawing flak for India’s poor run in overseas Tests.
The wicketkeeper-batsman remains one of the most
successful captains ever for India, having led the side to the top of ICC
rankings in Tests and ODIs.
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