Dhoni's career started with a run out and ended with a run out

MS Dhoni's debut match run out

Dhoni's career started in 2004 after being run out against Bangladesh. When Mahendra Singh Dhoni asked to take himself as a 'retired cricketer' on Instagram yesterday, did he remember that day in Chittagong! He made his debut in Chittagong in December 2004 during a tour of Bangladesh. He returned to the pavilion before batting and scoring a run in that match. Desperate, broken hearted. He wanted to pick up his first run in international cricket by pushing a short square leg off Mohammad Rafique. But when Bangladesh wicketkeeper Khaled Masood broke his stumps in Tapas Vaishya's throw, Dhoni saw his future as dark. The spectators at the MA Aziz Stadium that day could not have imagined that the player they were celebrating was going to end his career as one of the most successful and best in the history of cricket.

His last is also the sword of that runout. In the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup, Dhoni played an innings of 50 runs in the face of the team's defeat against New Zealand at Old Trafford in Manchester. In that innings, India almost reached the final. But that hope is buried in the runout. Maybe Dhoni's 15-year career. He put an end to all speculations on the 400th day of the World Cup semi-finals in a short Instagram post - Take me as a retired cricketer. Runout is the beginning of a great career, it ends with a runout. This is like a script made by Bidhata. This is normal for a person whose life can be a box office hit movie.

Ms Dhoni end match run out 

The time between the two runouts is incredible. Dhoni may have set his goal in his mind when he was run out in that match in Chittagong. Nah, that's not just a normal life like the other ten international cricketers, he set a goal to take himself to another height. And he has done that. The life between the two runouts is called 'Roller Coaster Ride' in English. From proving himself to being India's World Cup winning captain. Become a very important person in Indian cricket by using your personality. Qatar ranks among the best leaders of all time in cricket. Establishing your own ice-cold nerves as an example.

‘Zero’ in his debut match. 12, unbeaten 6 and 3 in the next three innings. Soon after, the cricket world recognized Dhoni. With an innings of 147 off 123 balls against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam, he became India's domestic name. That century that shook international cricket was the way to take him to another height. That century, which dropped to number three, made him dependent on India's middle order. Soon became a match winner. The word ‘Great Finisher’ sat next to his name. He forced everyone to call him the 'Great Finisher' in the face of the team's danger or in need.

In the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup, Dhoni was also run out in the last international match of his career. Photo: AFP His beginnings as a captain are like a fairy tale. India went to play in the first Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa in September 2006 without the team's trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. The reins were handed over to Dhoni. But with a team that is relatively young, Dhoni tested his leadership 100 out of 100. Through him, India got the glory of winning the first World Cup in cricket after 1973. Thirteen years ago today, the T20 version was not very popular with the Indian cricket team. There is no such thing as IPL yet. But throughout the tournament, India showed how to play the smaller version of cricket. He had to go through the ordeal, but in all the tests, India went north under Dhoni. India also got one of the best leaders in their history. That breathtaking moment against Pakistan in the final in Johannesburg made Dhoni 'great'. That moment, in the last over in front of Misbah-ul-Haq, he handed the ball to the infamous Yoginder Sharma. Everyone knows the history after this, no one dared to challenge Dhoni's captaincy.

After that, Dhoni has only risen to the top. In 2011, India won the 50-over Cricket World Cup title. He is in the ranks of Clive Lloyd, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Alan Border, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting. Dhoni could not be satisfied with that. In 2013, he won another global trophy for the country — this time the Mini World Cup, the Champions Trophy. As captain in 2015, he came very close to winning another World Cup. But in the end the fairy tale was not written anymore.

Fairy tales may not have been written about the World Cup. But Dhoni's career is like a fairy tale. His life is as dramatic as the biopic 'MS Dhoni'. The man, who made a name for himself on the cricket field with an expressionless look, also ended his career dramatically. That he is different from the other ten greats, he explained in a small insta paste at the time of his departure - "Take me as a retired cricketer from now on." That being said, leaving is not the same as leaving. Cricketers like Dhoni do not have that exit. They are mortal, eternal in history. Their appeal is forever!