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India Vs Afghanistan : Twitter Went Berserk As MS Dhoni Walked In As The Captain Of Team India Once Again

Unnati MadanBy Unnati Madan26/09/2018Updated:08/02/2023No Comments4 Mins Read

Ahead of the big clash between Indian and Pakistan today, there was a big surprise waiting for the fans of Indian cricket. The fans were left shocked after MS Dhoni walked in as captain for this match as Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan both are rested today. MS Dhoni returned to lead the Indian side today for the 200th time in the One-Day Internationals.

The crowd was left awestruck by the moment as the captain cool returned after 2 years as the captain of Indian cricket team. The crowd roared and welcomed back the former captain at the helm when he walked out for the toss at the Dubai International Stadium.

 Apart from Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, the Indian cricket team have also rested Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar ahead of the big finals of the Asia Cup which will be played on Friday. However, this opportunity has led to MS Dhoni leading team India once again and fans are more than excited for this.
The fans went berserk on social media after Dhoni walked in as the captain of India. The twitter is flooded with posts of excitement and joy after the return of everyone’s favorite captain cool.
Here, have a look at how twitterati are reacting to Dhoni doing the captaincy for the ongoing match :

Afghanistan Won The Toss. Opted To Bat.

MS Dhoni Is Captain Today. After 2 Years. His 200th ODI As Captain

Manish Pandey Comes In For Rohit Sharma. Debut For Deepak Chahar

“All Players Who Are In Squad & Didn’t Get Chance, Will Get Today”- #Dhoni #INDvAFG #INDvsAFG #AFGvIND pic.twitter.com/U9h6vnGTJY

— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) September 25, 2018

This is MS Dhoni’s 200th ODI as a captain for India.

Most ODIs as a captain:

230 – Ricky Ponting
218 – Stephen Fleming
200 – MS DHONI*#INDvAFG

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) September 25, 2018

Surprise surprise. We have changes in the Indian Team and MS Dhoni walks out to for the toss for the 200th time.

Afghanistan have won the toss and chose to bat first.#AsiaCup2018 #INDvAFG #PlayBold

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) September 25, 2018

MS Dhoni to lead India. Rohit and Dhawan rested #INDvAFG #AsiaCup

— Amol Karhadkar (@karhacter) September 25, 2018

Indian cricket fans’ reaction when MS Dhoni came out for the toss: #INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/yXylBaxhfU

— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket) September 25, 2018

MS Dhoni will play his 200th ODI as Captain of India.

Most ODI’s as Captain

230: Ricky Ponting
218: Stephen Fleming
200*: MS Dhoni

Among these MS Dhoni (59.57) has the 2nd highest win percentage between Ponting (59.57) and Fleming (48.04)#INDvAFG #AsiaCup2018

— Swapnil Shanbhag (@swapniltalks) September 25, 2018

Ms Dhoni is the captain for today’s match it means rohit is not playing? #INDvAFG

— pinky (@Duchess_Of_Swag) September 25, 2018

MS Dhoni leading India today. His 200th ODI match as captain. #INDvAFG #AsiaCup2018

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) September 25, 2018

Rohit Sharma Gave MS Dhoni His Captaincy Back…

Arrogant Virat Kohli Never Thought Of Doing So…#INDvAFG #MakeRohitIndianCaptain

— Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) September 25, 2018

“MS Dhoni” The Captain Cool is back captaining India in his 200th match,it is a good gesture by team India. Dhoni will be leading a new team as it has made 5 changes’ I wish @msdhoni all the best ??? https://t.co/3LZim3mrrq

— Totlani Krishan?? (@kktotlani) September 25, 2018

 

MS Dhoni – 200th ODI as Captain of #TeamIndia ?#INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/4PWQNzVgiA

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 25, 2018

5/11 players from CSK in the playing XI (Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar & Ravindra Jadeja ) led by MS Dhoni. CSK team in the garb of team India?#INDvAFG #AsiaCup2018

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) September 25, 2018

Was missing ‘Remove Dhoni from captaincy India is getting thrashed.’ #INDvAFG

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) September 25, 2018

My friend was in coma and I whispered “Dhoni is captaining India” in his ear. He is now preparing to take part in Marathon next week. #IndvAfg

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) September 25, 2018

Cant express better than this, how it feels seeing Dhoni back as Indian Captain. #MahendraBahubali #INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/RoskkAJUxy

— Neeche Se Topper (@NeecheSeTopper) September 25, 2018

Dhoniiiiiii came for the tosss… ???

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) September 25, 2018

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