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MS Dhoni - The Midas of Indian Cricket

15th August 2020 , on the auspicious and proud Independence Day of India,  M ahendra  S ingh  D honi announced his retirement from international Cricket. No farewell match, no press conference, the man said two lines in an Instagram post to bid farewell to a game which will miss his presence forever.  10th July 2019, India played against New Zealand in the Semi-Final of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup and needed to score 240 runs to reach the Final. The stage was set… 25 runs from 10 balls… MS Dhoni was once again on the verge of rescuing India… and the very next ball, an entire nation's hopes were crushed when MSD failed to cross the finish line after Martin Guptill's only significant contribution in the World Cup The fans were disappointed, and the wounds were bleeding for days. It was a unanimous echoing sentiment, but the feeling that irked me more or rather emoted me more was the notion that I had probably seen the last of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Indian colors. Ironically,