16 years, many trophies, hundreds of innings and stumpings, thousands of runs, and countless memories — it has been 16 years of MS Dhoni in the cricket world. On this day, 16 years ago, MSD made his debut against Bangladesh. Later in September 2007, when Dhoni was appointed as the skipper for the first team and the rest is history.
Though, the journey wasn’t as easy as it looked like, especially in the beginning. Dhoni’s start wasn’t good, however, he still went on to become one of the greatest limited-overs batsmen for India.
Mahi was phenomenal as a leader and is regarded as one of the greatest captains to have played the game. As a skipper, MSD took the Indian cricket team to the number 1 position and led India to numerous memorable triumphs under his captaincy and still remains the only skipper to have won all three major ICC trophies – ODI World Cup (2011), T20 World Cup (2007), and Champions Trophy (2013).
MSD announced his retirement from international cricket earlier this year in August. Even though Mahi has retired from the game, he is still ruling the hearts of his millions of fans.
As MSD completed 16 years in cricket, fans flooded social media with their amazing posts for the legendary Indian cricketer as fans celebrated his 16th year anniversary in the cricket world. From amazing videos to amazing tributes for the former Indian skipper, the internet is once again abuzz with tributes for MSD.
Fans used the hashtag #16YearsofIconicDhoni to mark the day Dhoni made his debut for the Indian cricket team.
Here, check out the best tweets from the fans:
538 Matches
526 Inning
142 Notouts
17266 Runs
224 HS
44.96 Avg
16 100s
108 50s
1486 4s
359 6s
829 Dismissals
634 Catches
195 Stumpings
23 MOM
7 MOS
178 Wins
3 ICC Trophies#MSDhoni #16YearsOfIconicDhoni pic.twitter.com/SHSWu0QCsD— Divaagar MSDian (@divaagar_Msd) December 23, 2020
538 Matches
526 Inning
142 Notouts
17266 Runs
224 HS
44.96 Avg
16 100s
108 50s
1486 4s
359 6s
829 Dismissals
634 Catches
195 Stumpings
23 MOM
7 MOS
178 Wins
3 ICC Trophies#MSDhoni #16YearsOfIconicDhoni pic.twitter.com/SHSWu0QCsD— Divaagar MSDian (@divaagar_Msd) December 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/NavinNN8/status/1341420757067341824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1341420757067341824%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcircleofcricket.com%2Fcategory%2Fsocial_scoop%2F60244%2Fms-dhoni-fans-celebrate-the-16-year-anniversary-of-his-debut-in-international-cricket
https://twitter.com/saivijayendrana/status/1341411574318284802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1341411574318284802%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcircleofcricket.com%2Fcategory%2Fsocial_scoop%2F60244%2Fms-dhoni-fans-celebrate-the-16-year-anniversary-of-his-debut-in-international-cricket
Thank You My Man For Everything , Every Moment , Every Memory !
Forever Your Devotee ! DHONIsm FOREVER
Love You 7 @msdhoni ?#16YearsOfIconicDhoni pic.twitter.com/YKdjn71vZb
— Sharukh (@StanMSD) December 22, 2020
In between this 2 run-outs…He inspired billions to chase their dreams
?@msdhoni #16YearsOfDhonism pic.twitter.com/RmK0fqGB2N
— Vinayak Gondkar (@Vinayak_Gondkar) December 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/mansoorktr5007/status/1341609212846084096?s=20
https://twitter.com/abhimahi07/status/1341581306623184896?s=20
The whole cricket world is incomplete without the name MSD. Thanks mahi for everything!
True_genius , living_legend?? @msdhoni #16YearsOfIconicDhoni #16YearsOfDHONIsm? https://t.co/MIF5W9UZkG
— Shubham Kumar (@Shubham06303907) December 22, 2020