{"id":31492,"date":"2017-01-04T16:52:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T16:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31492"},"modified":"2017-01-04T16:52:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T16:52:05","slug":"dhoni-steps-down-as-limited-overs-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31492","title":{"rendered":"Mahendra Singh Dhoni steps down as skipper of India&#8217;s limited overs sides, available for selection against England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31491\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MS-Dhoni.jpg\" alt=\"MS Dhoni\" width=\"520\" height=\"361\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" \/>New Delhi: <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/20-ms-dhoni\"><strong>Mahendra Singh Dhoni<\/strong><\/a> has stepped down as skipper of India&#8217;s limited overs sides, the <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/333-bcci\"><strong>Board of Control for Cricket in India<\/strong><\/a> (BCCI) announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Dhoni, however, will be available for selection for the three-match <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/685-icc-odi-ranking\"><strong>One-Day International<\/strong> <\/a>(ODI) and T20 International series against England, starting January 15.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mahendra Singh Dhoni has informed the BCCI, that he wishes to step down as the captain of the Indian Cricket Team from the One Day Internationals and the T20 Internationals formats of the game,&#8221; a statement from the board read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will be available for the selection for the One Day and T20I series against England and the same has been conveyed to the Senior Selection Committee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the development, BCCI Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rahul Johri said: &#8220;On behalf of every Indian cricket fan and the BCCI, I would like to thank M.S. Dhoni for his outstanding contribution as the captain of the Indian team across all formats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under his leadership, Indian team has touched new heights and his achievements will remain etched forever in the annals of Indian cricket,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Test skipper Virat Kohli is the front-runner to replace the Ranchi wicketkeeper-batsman at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\"cricket-news\/43009-gavaskar-backs-ganguly-for-interim-bcci-president\"><strong>Sunil Gavaskar backs former India captain Sourav Ganguly for interim BCCI President<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31491\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MS-Dhoni.jpg\" alt=\"MS Dhoni\" width=\"520\" height=\"361\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" \/>New Delhi: <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/20-ms-dhoni\"><strong>Mahendra Singh Dhoni<\/strong><\/a> has stepped down as skipper of India&#8217;s limited overs sides, the <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/333-bcci\"><strong>Board of Control for Cricket in India<\/strong><\/a> (BCCI) announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Dhoni, however, will be available for selection for the three-match <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/685-icc-odi-ranking\"><strong>One-Day International<\/strong> <\/a>(ODI) and T20 International series against England, starting January 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[705,4744,466,622,9013,20178],"class_list":["post-31492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-bcci","tag-cricket-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-mahendra-singh-dhoni","tag-odi","tag-rahul-johri"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mahendra Singh Dhoni steps down as skipper of India&#039;s limited overs sides, available for selection against England - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31492\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mahendra Singh Dhoni steps down as skipper of India&#039;s limited overs sides, available for selection against England - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has stepped down as skipper of India&#039;s limited overs sides, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Wednesday. 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