Legendary Indian cricketer MS Dhoni celebrated his 42nd birthday today July 7, 2023.
Wishes started pouring in for the cricket legend from all corners. Be it the great Sachin Tendulkar or star player Rishabh Pant, many current and former cricketers took their time out to wish the Jharkhand player.
Meanwhile, the Dhoni fans too made his day special by celebrating his birthday in different ways.
Die-hard Dhonians in Andhra Pradesh erected a 77-foot-tall cutout of him in Nandigama and bathed that in milk. Some of his fans in Hyderabad also did the same with a 55-foot cutout.
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On the other hand, Dhoni too acknowledged the effort of his fans by waving for them from the terrace of his house. The heartwarming video is doing rounds on social media in which fans can be heard cheering for Dhoni who is caught on camera waving his hands from the terrace of a building.
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Dhoni played 90 Test matches, scoring 4876 runs with six centuries and 33 fifties at an average of 38.09. His 294 dismissals are the highest in Test cricket by an Indian wicketkeeper. He also has 10773 runs in 350 ODIs, with 10 tons and 73 half-centuries, and made 1617 runs in 98 T20Is.
He remains the only captain in the world to win all three ICC limited-overs silverware- the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2011 World Cup, and 2013 Champions Trophy.
