Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) is considered one of the legendary players of the cricket world. India has won three ICC trophies under Dhoni’s captaincy, he is the only captain in the world to do such a feat.

MS Dhoni made his international cricket debut for India in 2004. Dhoni first led India in the T20 format. Then he got the captaincy of the team in ODI and Test formats. Just two years after becoming the Test captain, Dhoni wanted to retire from the longest format of the game. Let us tell you the whole story behind this-

VVS Laxman had revealed this about MS Dhoni

Former Indian veteran player VVS Laxman had told during an interview given to Star Sports a few years ago that, after scoring his first Test century of his career against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 2006, MS Dhoni had talked about retiring from the format and all the players in the dressing room were shocked to hear this joke.

VVS Laxman said,

I remember when Dhoni came back to the dressing room after scoring a century and he shouted loudly, “Now I will announce my retirement. I have hit a century in Test cricket, that’s it, friend. I don’t want anything from Test cricket anymore.” We were all shocked to hear this but this is what makes him Dhoni.

The match was drawn due to Dhoni’s innings

Talking about that Test match between Pakistan and India, Pakistan scored 588 runs in the first innings. Inzamam-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi scored centuries in that match. MS Dhoni scored his first Test century while making a great partnership for the sixth wicket with Irfan Pathan. Dhoni scored 148 runs and due to his innings, India was successful in drawing the match.

MS Dhoni played 90 Test matches for India in his career, in which he scored 4876 runs with the help of 6 centuries and 33 half-centuries. At the same time, under his captaincy, he has made India win 27 out of 60 Test matches.