It isn’t sure if Mahendra Singh Dhoni was aware that he’d led his team in 199 One-Day Internationals when he decided to relinquish captaincy in limited overs. Fans of the great man and his captaincy – on that day – might have been bothered a bit about the incomplete figure of ‘199’. So, to see Dhoni walk out for the toss on Tuesday, against Afghanistan, might have been a pleasant surprise for them. He’s leading the Indian team after 696 days as Rohit Sharma has been rested in the Asia Cup match against Afghanistan.
“I was not really sure of where I am standing. I have captained 199 ODIs, so this gives me an opportunity to make it 200. It’s all destiny and I have always believed in that. It’s not in my control, once I left captainship. Good to complete 200, but I don’t think it really matters,” Dhoni said at the toss.
And, this is how Twitter reacted to him leading India once again:-
200th ODI for @msdhoni as captain and for the first time, he has too many changes to say. Not that it matters so much but good on getting the double.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) September 25, 2018
This is MS Dhoni's 200th ODI as a captain for India.
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) September 25, 2018
Most ODIs as a captain:
230 - Ricky Ponting
218 - Stephen Fleming
200 - MS DHONI*#INDvAFG
😍 Dhoni as a captain #INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/6VZoXaFB5M
— Mask Indian (@Mr_LoLwa) September 25, 2018
Dhoni???? Captain again, after 696 days!!!! #AsiaCup
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) September 25, 2018
Dhoni fans when heard that he will be captain for today's match.#INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/zlNAzO82y5
— PhD in Bakchodi (@Atheist_Krishna) September 25, 2018
If anyone picked Dhoni as captain in Fantacy team before the toss I would like to meet him 😉
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) September 25, 2018
Dhoni will be the captain of India for today's match. This time officially. #INDvAFG
— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) September 25, 2018
Dhoni made Rohit as opener
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) September 25, 2018
He made 200 in ODI!
Rohit made way to Dhoni
He made 200 in ODI!
5/11 players from CSK in the playing XI (Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar & Ravindra Jadeja ) led by MS Dhoni. CSK team in the garb of team India?#INDvAFG #AsiaCup2018
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) September 25, 2018
MSD captaining, Rayudu opening, Deepak Chahar to open the bowling.. We have seen this sometime before right? #AsiaCup2018 @ChennaiIPL
— Gaurav Sundararaman (@gaurav_sundar) September 25, 2018
Dhoni fans when heard that he will be captain for today's match.#INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/zlNAzO82y5
— PhD in Bakchodi (@Atheist_Krishna) September 25, 2018