The Indian head coach Ravi Shastri tweeted a photo with former Indian skipper, MS Dhoni after the team’s dominating victory against South Africa in the third Test in Ranchi. The Indian pacer, Ishant Sharma also shared a picture of Dhoni sitting with him, Mohammed Shami and Mayank Agarwal in the Indian dressing room.
“Great to see a true Indian legend in his den after a fantastic series win,” Shastri captioned the photo. Dhoni, who hails from Ranchi, was in the Team India dressing room after they wrapped up the match at the beginning of the fourth day of the final Test in the series.
Great to see a true Indian legend in his den after a fantastic series win #Dhoni #TeamIndia #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/P1XKR0iobZ
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) October 22, 2019
Captioning the picture, Ishant wrote: “Consecutive 11 wins at home! Swipe to see the joy on our faces 💯🤔”.
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Fans were overjoyed to see Dhoni back in the Indian change room, as he has been out of action for the team since their exit from the 2019 World Cup. One of the fans commented, “Great pic sir”. Another one tweeted: “True Legend”. One one the users requested, “Get him back in team ravi sir”. Another fan commented, “Captain cool come back”, referring to the popular moniker given to the World Cup-winning captain.
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Dhoni is on a sabbatical from cricket since India’s 50-over World Cup campaign ended with the semi-final loss against New Zealand in July. He then missed the T20I and ODI series against the West Indies and also made himself unavailable for the T20I series against South Africa.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) earlier tweeted a photo of MS Dhoni speaking with another local hero, Shahbaz Nadeem, in the dressing room. Nadeem made a dream Test debut at his home ground, replacing the injured Kuldeep Yadav in the national team. He picked up four wickets in the match, including two wickets off two consecutive deliveries to finish the match.
Look who's here 😍 pic.twitter.com/whS24IK4Ir
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 22, 2019
Commenting on the picture a fan wrote: “Oh My God!!! Look who is back where he belongs. In the dressing room!!! Mahi!!!” Others praised Dhoni for always giving advice to others.
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With the win in Ranchi, India sealed a 3-0 series whitewash against the Proteas and maintained their perfect record in the World Test Championship with 240 points under their belt.
