India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has retired from Test cricket, the
India cricket board said on Tuesday, reports Hindustan Times.
“MS Dhoni has chosen to retire from Test Cricket with immediate effect,” the BCCI said on its Twitter feed.
MS Dhoni has played 90 Tests for India, scoring 4876 runs, and has 294 dismissals as wicket keeper.
Former captain Ganguly had recently said of Dhoni, “He just has not
really got the team going at Test match level. That’s up to the
selectors but he has had a lot of time as captain, close to 60 Test
matches. I think he has had a lot of time. I think Dhoni is a good
captain. The record he has in one-day cricket, he is a good captain. But
in Test conditions overseas, it has just fallen away a bit.”
Since 2011, Dhoni has led his team to only two Test wins overseas,
and despite some good individual performances, India lost the ongoing
Test series in Australia.
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