World Cup-winning former India captain MS Dhoni has been inducted to the ICC Hall of Fame, the International Cricket Council announced on Monday. Regarded as one of the most successful captains of all time, Dhoni led India to victory in the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy. Additionally, he was captain of the Indian team when they climbed to the top of the ICC Test rankings in 2009.
“It is an honour to be named in the ICC Hall of Fame, which recognises the contributions of cricketers across generations and from all over the world. To have your name remembered alongside such all-time greats is a wonderful feeling. It is something that I will cherish forever,” Dhoni is quoted as saying by the ICC in its statement.
“With 17,266 international runs, 829 dismissals and 538 matches across formats for India, Dhoni’s numbers reflect not just excellence but extraordinary consistency, fitness and longevity,” said the ICC. Dhoni is one of seven former players to have been inducted by the ICC on Monday, with the others being Australia’s Matthew Hayden, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, former New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori, South African Hashim Amla, former Pakistan captain Sana Mir and England’s Sarah Taylor.
Dhoni is the 11th Indian to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame after Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Diana Edulji, Anil Kumble, Bishan Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Rahul Dravid, Vinoo Mankad and Neetu David.
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Dhoni made his international debut on December 23, 2004 in an ODI against Bangladesh in Chattogram. He scored 10,773 runs in 350 ODI games at an average of 50.57 with 10 centuries and 73 fifties to his name. He also played 90 Tests in which he scored 4876 runs at an average of 38.09 with six centuries and 33 half-centuries. Dhoni played nearly all of his T20I career as India’s captain, scoring 1617 runs at a strike rate of 126.13 and average of 37.60 in 98 matches.
Dhoni’s first assignment as India captain was the 2007 T20 World Cup. With a number of senior players choosing sit out of the new format, Dhoni’s young Indian team were considered among the outsiders before the tournament. He ended up leading them to victory in a moment that is seen as pivotal to the establishment of the format as the sport’s biggest money-spinner.
The success led to Dhoni being made captain in ODIs and eventually Test cricket as well. Dhoni went on to lead India to the 2011 World Cup title, the first time the team had won the title since 1983. He remains the last captain to have led India to victory in an ODI World Cup. In 2013, India won the Champions Trophy and this makes Dhoni the only captain to have won all three major limited-overs ICC trophies.
