{"id":31493,"date":"2017-01-04T18:34:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T18:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31493"},"modified":"2017-01-04T18:34:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T18:34:22","slug":"former-bcci-chief-anurag-thakur-hails-leader-ms-dhoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31493","title":{"rendered":"Former BCCI chief Anurag Thakur hails leader MS Dhoni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-15461\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/dhonileads1.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"dhonileads1\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/dhonileads1.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/dhonileads1-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>New Delhi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who on Wednesday stepped down as India&#8217;s One-Day International and Twenty20 International (T20I) sides captain, was hailed as &#8220;one of the finest leaders&#8221; by former BCCI president Anurag Thakur.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey @msdhoni yuv been one of the finest leaders of Indian Cricket @BCCI, led the team to great heights &amp; inspired so many across countries!,&#8221; Thakur wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Thakur was joined by noted cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle and 2012 Olympic bronze medal-winning shooter Gagan Narang in highlighting Dhoni&#8217;s achievements as India captain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"cricket-news\/43062-dhoni-steps-down-as-limited-overs-captain\"><strong>Also Read: Mahendra Singh Dhoni steps down as skipper of India&#8217;s limited overs sides, available for selection against England<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I congratulate @msdhoni on an illustrious career as Capt who led #TeamIndia to memorable victories in T20WorldCup 2007 &amp; 2011 @ICC WorldCup!,&#8221; Thakur added.<\/p>\n<p>Bhogle said: &#8220;World T20, World Cup, Champions Trophy, Test No 1, IPL titles, Champions League titles. Everything in the game. #Dhoni.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Narang wrote: &#8220;3 ICC titles and some glorious highs. Captain @msdhoni thank you for the memories! Wish you finish on a sparkling note.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bhogle also commented that this was a selfless move. &#8220;Clearly Dhoni thinks the moment has come. Thought he would quit after the Champions Trophy, but this is a selfless move.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trying to think like #Dhoni. Kohli most likely 2019 World Cup captain, so best that he leads in the Champions Trophy so best he starts now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former cricketer Mohammad Kaif said that India was blessed to have Dhoni as captain for nine years. &#8220;Take a bow @msdhoni .To lead India for 9 years with such wonderful results, India were really blessed to have you as #Captain,&#8221; the former batsman said.<\/p>\n<p>For former hockey star Tushar Khandker, it was a shocking news: &#8220;The biggest news of the day #MSD steps down .Thanks for all the trophies which u have given to us as a captain #salute ???? @msdhoni @BCCI,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-15461\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/dhonileads1.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"dhonileads1\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/dhonileads1.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/dhonileads1-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>New Delhi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who on Wednesday stepped down as India&#8217;s One-Day International and Twenty20 International (T20I) sides captain, was hailed as &#8220;one of the finest leaders&#8221; by former BCCI president Anurag Thakur.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey @msdhoni yuv been one of the finest leaders of Indian Cricket @BCCI, led the team to great heights &amp; inspired so many across countries!,&#8221; Thakur wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Thakur was joined by noted cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle and 2012 Olympic bronze medal-winning shooter Gagan Narang in highlighting Dhoni&#8217;s achievements as India captain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[3702,790,4744,466,622],"class_list":["post-31493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-anurag-thakur","tag-bcci-president","tag-cricket-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-mahendra-singh-dhoni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former BCCI chief Anurag Thakur hails leader MS Dhoni - 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=31493\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former BCCI chief Anurag Thakur hails leader MS Dhoni - 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, who on Wednesday stepped down as India&#039;s One-Day International and Twenty20 International (T20I) sides captain, was hailed as &quot;one of the finest leaders&quot; by former BCCI president Anurag Thakur. &quot;Hey @msdhoni yuv been one of the finest leaders of Indian Cricket @BCCI, led the team to great heights &amp; inspired so many across countries!,&quot; Thakur wrote on Twitter. 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