{"id":31575,"date":"2017-01-06T03:46:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T03:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31575"},"modified":"2017-01-06T03:46:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T03:46:15","slug":"sachin-vaughan-sushant-cricketers-and-bollywood-stars-react-as-dhoni-steps-down-as-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31575","title":{"rendered":"Sachin, Vaughan to Sushant Singh Rajput: Cricketers, Bollywood stars react as Dhoni steps down as captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31574\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni.jpg\" alt=\"Mahendra Singh Dhoni\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>The Indian cricket lovers were shocked and left speechless when the one and only Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced to step down as captain of the ODI and T20 team on late Wednesday. Dhoni, who has contributed so much towards the success of the team as captain, has been rightly named as &rsquo;&rsquo;Captain Cool&rsquo;&rsquo;. Well, many congratulated and respected him for his successful career and leading the team to the pinnacle of success.<\/p>\n<p>Many people, including legends Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar applauded, congratulated the captain and paid tributes for his boundless contribution towards the team&rsquo;s success. Gavaskar even told a TV channel that &lsquo;&rsquo;If Dhoni quit as a player, than he would be the first person to give a dharna outside MSD&rsquo;s house asking for his comeback.&rdquo; Even the Bollywood stars have also took it to twitter and applauded his captaincy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"cricket-news\/43106-era-of-ms-dhoni-s-captaincy-ends-top-odi-and-t20-moments-under-mahi-s-leadership\"><strong>Also Read:&nbsp;Era of MS Dhoni&#8217;s captaincy ends: Top ODI and T20 moments under Mahi&rsquo;s leadership<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here how the world has reacted on Mahindra Singh Dhoni stepping down as a captain on twitter<\/p>\n<p>Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar tweeted in a very special way by uploading an image of appreciation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/captain?src=hash\">#captain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8IFLI8geRE\">pic.twitter.com\/8IFLI8geRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sachin_rt\/status\/816694480480956416\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mohammad Kaif said he was blessed to have Dhoni as a captain<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Take a bow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> .To lead India for 9 years with such wonderful results, India were really blessed to have you as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Captain?src=hash\">#Captain<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MohammadKaif\/status\/816677526181441540\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anurag Thakur appreciated Dhoni for inspiring many countries<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> yuv been one of the finest leaders of Indian Cricket <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\">@BCCI<\/a>, led the team to great heights &amp; inspired so many across countries! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2SQMU8T6CX\">pic.twitter.com\/2SQMU8T6CX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianuragthakur\/status\/816674018933768192\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Former England skipper Michael Vaughan applauded him for his incredible leadership and termed him as one of the greatest captains.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Even one of the greatest captains of all time decides enough is enough &#8230; Well done <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> on an incredible leadership term .. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dhoni?src=hash\">#Dhoni<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelVaughan\/status\/816738942280232960\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Irfan Pathan had no word to describe the legacy as the captain of Indian team<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Any aMOUNT of Words will be less to describe his legacy as the captain of Indian team <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\">@BCCI<\/a> Mahi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> incredibly well done <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dhoni?src=hash\">#Dhoni<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrfanPathan\/status\/816706128193191940\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Indian Captain Kris Srikkanth praised Dhoni saying, &ldquo;Sign of a true leader is to know when to pass the baton!Thank u for the entertainment skipper u r an #Inspiration @msdhoni #livinglegend.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sign of a true leader is to know when to pass the baton!Thank u for the entertainment skipper u r an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Inspiration?src=hash\">#Inspiration<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/livinglegend?src=hash\">#livinglegend<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H51ChX3yhc\">pic.twitter.com\/H51ChX3yhc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrisSrikkanth\/status\/816682202708647936\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Australia captain Michael Clarke also tweeted, saying &ldquo;I think @msdhoni will go down as one of India&#8217;s most successful captains. He is a great man and still has a lot to offer Indian cricket.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I think <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> will go down as one of India&#8217;s most successful captains. He is a great man and still has a lot to offer Indian cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MClarke23\/status\/816785108770299904\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ajinkya Rahane thanked Dhoni for being a great leader.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> bhai for being a leader that I have learnt a lot from.Thank you my first international captain!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ajinkyarahane88 (@ajinkyarahane88) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajinkyarahane88\/status\/816939269877092352\">January 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Suresh Raina also paid rich tributes to India&#8217;s most successful captain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">India&#8217;s most successful captain <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> who translated his vision into reality.Inspired many to dream more, do more and become more.Salute! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YjWnAgl7VQ\">pic.twitter.com\/YjWnAgl7VQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImRaina\/status\/816732780507910145\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rohit Sharma also praiseed Dhoni as a true leader and someone who influenced him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A true leader <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> he influenced so many cricketing careers including mine when he asked me to open in the ICC Champions Trophy<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImRo45\/status\/816721788260347904\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile Indian hockey skipper P.R Sreejesh also saluted the &lsquo;Captain Cool&rsquo;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Salute to the captain cool ????&#8230; time to achieve lots in a different role ..<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni7781\">@msdhoni7781<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> @ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QMdBd9sh75\">pic.twitter.com\/QMdBd9sh75<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sreejesh p r (@16Sreejesh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/16Sreejesh\/status\/816870606352191488\">January 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Harsha Bhogle also applauded, saying &ldquo;Time to stand up and applaud a magnificent servant, and indeed leader, of Indian cricket. #Dhoni.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Time to stand up and applaud a magnificent servant, and indeed leader, of Indian cricket. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dhoni?src=hash\">#Dhoni<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bhogleharsha\/status\/816672615498534912\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Actor who played the epic role of Dhoni, Sushant Singh Rajput, also praised the real Dhoni and tweeted, &ldquo;You&#8217;re the reason for millions of smiles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There is no one like you.<br \/>You&#8217;re the reason for millions of smiles.<br \/>Take a bow my Captain.????<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dhoni?src=hash\">#dhoni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NLRtTlcPhq\">pic.twitter.com\/NLRtTlcPhq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sushant Singh Rajput (@itsSSR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsSSR\/status\/816675292005748737\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bollwood star Anupam Kher thanked him for making everyone proud.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thnk u <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni\">@msdhoni<\/a> 4 making us feel euphoric &amp; proud all these yrs. It was not only winnings but u also defined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Attitude?src=hash\">#Attitude<\/a> for Indian Cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnupamPkher\/status\/816683494969589760\">January 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31574\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni.jpg\" alt=\"Mahendra Singh Dhoni\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>The Indian cricket lovers were shocked and left speechless when the one and only Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced to step down as captain of the ODI and T20 team on late Wednesday. Dhoni, who has contributed so much towards the success of the team as captain, has been rightly named as &rsquo;&rsquo;Captain Cool&rsquo;&rsquo;. Well, many congratulated and respected him for his successful career and leading the team to the pinnacle of success.<\/p>\n<p>Many people, including legends Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar applauded, congratulated the captain and paid tributes for his boundless contribution towards the team&rsquo;s success. Gavaskar even told a TV channel that &lsquo;&rsquo;If Dhoni quit as a player, than he would be the first person to give a dharna outside MSD&rsquo;s house asking for his comeback.&rdquo; Even the Bollywood stars have also took it to twitter and applauded his captaincy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[5767,4744,466,559,724,556,543,20230],"class_list":["post-31575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-anupam-kher","tag-cricket-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-ms-dhoni","tag-rohit-sharma","tag-sachin-tendulkar","tag-sunil-gavaskar","tag-sushant-singh-rajput"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sachin, Vaughan to Sushant Singh Rajput: Cricketers, Bollywood stars react as Dhoni steps down as captain - 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=31575\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sachin, Vaughan to Sushant Singh Rajput: Cricketers, Bollywood stars react as Dhoni steps down as captain - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Indian cricket lovers were shocked and left speechless when the one and only Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced to step down as captain of the ODI and T20 team on late Wednesday. 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Gavaskar even told a TV channel that &lsquo;&rsquo;If Dhoni quit as a player, than he would be the first person to give a dharna outside MSD&rsquo;s house asking for his comeback.&rdquo; Even the Bollywood stars have also took it to twitter and applauded his captaincy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31575\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-06T03:46:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"346\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=31575#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=31575\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"headline\":\"Sachin, Vaughan to Sushant Singh Rajput: Cricketers, Bollywood stars react as Dhoni steps down as captain\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-06T03:46:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=31575\"},\"wordCount\":855,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=31575#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anupam Kher\",\"Cricket News\",\"Indian Sports News\",\"MS Dhoni\",\"Rohit Sharma\",\"Sachin Tendulkar\",\"Sunil Gavaskar\",\"Sushant Singh Rajput\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cricket\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=31575#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=31575\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=31575\",\"name\":\"Sachin, Vaughan to Sushant Singh Rajput: Cricketers, Bollywood stars react as Dhoni steps down as captain - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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Dhoni, who has contributed so much towards the success of the team as captain, has been rightly named as &rsquo;&rsquo;Captain Cool&rsquo;&rsquo;. Well, many congratulated and respected him for his successful career and leading the team to the pinnacle of success. Many people, including legends Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar applauded, congratulated the captain and paid tributes for his boundless contribution towards the team&rsquo;s success. 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