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MS Dhoni’s Instagram video watched by over 3 crore fans, netizens say, ‘legends don’t retire from hearts’

Dhoni shared his incredible journey in the Indian side including his run out in the last game against New Zealand in the World Cup 2019 semifinal.

MS Dhoni’s Instagram video watched by over 3 crore fans, netizens say, 'legends don't retire from hearts'

New Delhi: MS Dhoni took no-decision in haste in his almost 16 years career. He retired with just a 16-word Instagram post, accompanied by a video covering his entire journey in 4 minutes and 7 seconds.

Dhoni wrote:

“Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout. from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired”.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CD6ZQn1lGBi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

The video has the iconic song ‘Mai Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hu’ from Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Kabhie Kabhie’ playing in the background, Dhoni shared his incredible journey in the Indian side including his run out in the last game against New Zealand in the World Cup 2019 semifinal.

MSD’s retirement post has gained almost 32 million views, 6,750,000 likes and 800k comments in just 5 days. Yes, you read it right.

As soon as the news spread, social media platforms were abuzz with the news of Dhoni’s retirement from international cricket. Millions of Dhoni’s supporters expressed their heartfelt thanks to the legendry cricketer and wished him luck for his future endeavours.

This is how fans reacted:

He was last seen wearing India colours in July last year when he left the field after his heartbreakingly close runout in the World Cup semi-final, a dismissal that dashed a billion dreams.

Dhoni was informed before BCCI dropped him from central contract list

Most pundits said Dhoni was past his prime and had played his last international game. And yet, not known to take rash calls, the man who led India to two of its three World Cups titles, chose his time and moment to say goodbye.