Today, on Monday, November 18, the news spread like wildfire on social media that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to issue a coin of Rs 7 in honor of the recent former Indian captain MS Dhoni. It is also being said in the viral message that RBI has taken this step at the behest of the Government of India, which wants to honor Dhoni for his contribution to the game of cricket.

However, amid this viral message on social media, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has recently issued a post regarding this. In this post, the organization has clarified that the Indian Government Department of Economic Affairs has not made any such announcement yet.

It was written in this post that the claim made in the picture is fake and the Department of Economic Affairs has not made any such announcement. Apart from this, the organization has also tagged key government organizations like Finance Ministry, DD News and All India Radio News to increase clarification.

See this post of PIB Fact Check

An image circulating on social media claims that a new ₹7 coin will be released to honor Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his contributions to Indian Cricket.#PIBFactCheck

✔️The claim made in the image is #fake,

✔️ The Department of Economic Affairs has made NO such announcement. pic.twitter.com/rgFwmVUPbL

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) November 14, 2024

A look at MS Dhoni’s cricket career

On the other hand, if we tell you about Dhoni, after retiring from cricket in the year 2020, he is seen playing only in IPL. India’s most successful captain Dhoni has also made Chennai Super Kings champion five times under his captaincy. So before the IPL 2025 auction, CSK has retained Dhoni as an uncapped player for Rs 4 crore.

So let us tell you that Dhoni started his international career in 2004, when he made his debut in the ODI match against Bangladesh. After this, Dhoni played his last international match against New Zealand in the semi-finals of the World Cup 2019.