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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team members have sent birthday wishes to their captain MS Dhoni, who turns 40 today. The highlight of a video shared by CSK is a cute message by Robin Uthappa’s son. (revised)
Dhoni, who retired from international cricket last year, led CSK in IPL 2021 before the T20 league was suspended after COVID-19 cases emerged in the tournament’s bio-bubble. CSK were second in the points table with five wins from seven games when the league was called off.
On Wednesday morning, CSK shared a video on their official social media accounts in which players from the franchise are seen wishing Dhoni. The clip features England all-rounder Sam Curran, Dhoni’s former India team-mate Suresh Raina, Team India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, young batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Cheteshwar Pujara among others.
At the end, Robin Uthappa appears with his son and the latter wishes the legendary Indian cricketer in a cute, innocent tone. CSK shared the video on their social media accounts with the caption:
“From the heart to the King! #Yellove ly wishes from the Super Fam! #THA7A #WhistlePodu #Yellove @mahi7781.”
Just a few days back, Dhoni and his wife Sakshi celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary.
BCCI, cricketers wish MS Dhoni as he turns 40
Apart from CSK, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Indian cricketers also extended their greetings to the former India captain on his birthday. Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma and Mohammad Kaif were among those who took to Twitter to wish Dhoni.
The ICC shared a video compilation on his ‘greatest calls’ as India skipper and uploaded the clip with the caption:
“There’s a reason they call him Captain Cool. On his birthday, relive some of MS Dhoni’s greatest calls as @BCCI skipper.”
Dhoni is regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game. He has scored over 10,000 runs in ODIs to go with 4876 runs in Test matches. Dhoni remains the only captain to have lifted all three ICC titles - the T20 World Cup (2007), the 50-over World Cup (2011) and the Champions Trophy (2013).
He retired from international cricket on August 15, 2020. Dhoni last represented the country in the 2019 World Cup semi-final in Manchester, which India lost to New Zealand.
