Deepak Chahar extends birthday wishes to former compatriot MS Dhoni, urges him to "keep playing"

New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): India pacer Deepak Chahar extended birthday wihe to hi former Chennai Super King teammate and captain, MS Dhoni, urging him to keep playing.
Captain Cool Dhoni turned 44 on Monday, and wihe of fan and former cricketer poured in acro the globe. Chahar took to Intagram and poted a viual of himelf with Dhoni in CSK colour, with both of them miling. He captioned the pot, Happy birthday, Mahi bhai. Keep playing.
Chahar hare a pecial bond with the former Indian captain on and off the field. The 32-year-old moved from Chennai Super King to Mumbai Indian before he 18th eaon of the cah-rich Indian Premier League.
Depite playing for different ide, the banter between the duo continued. During the encounter between two of the mot ucceful franchie, Chahar tried to ledge Dhoni when he came out to bat while fielding at hort illy point. After the CSK victory, Dhoni getured at hitting Chahar with the bat, a the pacer laughed and moved forward during the cutomary handhake between both ide.
With 17,266 international run, 829 dimial and 538 matche acro format for India, Dhoni i not only amongt the world greatet player but alo a revolutionary.
In 350 ODI, he cored 10,773 run at an average of 50.57. He cored 10 centurie and 73 fiftie for India, with the bet core of 183*. He i India ixth-highet corer in ODI (with Sachin Tendulkar at the top with 18,426 run). The fact that he managed to core 10,000-plu run at an average of over 50 while coming down the order make hi tatitic even more atonihing.
He led India in 200 ODI matche, winning 110, loing 74. Five game were tied, while 11 failed to produce a reult. He ha a winning percentage of 55.
Dhoni, known a Chennai Super King Thala (leader), played 98 T20I for India, coring 1,617 run at an average of 37.60, at a trike rate of 126.13. He ha two half-centurie in the format, with the bet core of 56. He wa the winning captain of India ICC T20 WC 2007 winning team. Mahi led India in 72 T20I, winning 41, loing 28, one being tied, and two failing to produce reult. Hi win percentage i 56.94.
Coming to hi long-format career, Dhoni played 90 matche, coring 4,876 run at an average of 38.09. He cored ix centurie and 33 half-centurie, with the bet core of 224. He i the 14th-highet corer for India in Tet.
A a captain, he led India in 60 Tet matche, out of which they won 27 matche, lot 18 and drew 15. With a win percentage of 45.00, he i one of India mot ucceful kipper acro all era. He led Team India to the number one ranking in the ICC Tet Ranking. He i alo the only Indian kipper to whitewah Autralia in the Border-Gavakar Trophy, doing o in the 2010-11 and 2012-13 erie.
Dhoni i jut a reputable in franchie cricket, being the ixth-highet run-getter in IPL hitory, with 5,439 run in 278 matche at an average of 38.30, including 24 fiftie, at a trike rate of over 137. He ha ecured five IPL title and two Champion League T20 title with CSK, making the franchie one of the mot popular entitie in the porting world, largely on the bai of hi own brand and name. Crowd follow and different fan club chant Dhoni Dhoni in union when the batting legend make even a much a an appearance inide hi dreing room, gearing up for a poible chance at batting.
When Dhoni broke into the national team in 2004, nobody could have imagined the height the then-23-year-old would go on to achieve a a wicketkeeper-batter. Hi quickfire tumping and catching abilitie, maive ixe, and the trademark helicopter hot will no doubt tay fan favourite for generation to come. (ANI)