‘Men in blue, in varied shades of gray earlier than all of the #yellove began and that is nothing however GOLD! Circa 2005, Sri Lanka,’ CSK mentioned within the tweet with the photograph on their official deal with.
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- Last Updated: May 8, 2020, 8:37 AM IST
There was a time when a sure Mahendra Singh Dhoni from Ranchi made his long-hair look a fad, particularly after the dashing wicketkeeper-batsman bludgeoned a 123-ball 148 in opposition to Pakistan in an ODI at Visakhapatnam on a sultry April afternoon in 2005.
Dhoni by no means appeared again from there and in 2007, when he was requested to steer a younger Indian crew within the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa, he made historical past by main India all the best way to elevate the crown. The lengthy hair basking within the afterglow of new-found success, Dhoni held aloft the title after India beat Pakistan in a nerve-jangling remaining.
Dhoni fanatics nonetheless love reminiscing his lengthy hair days, and the adorned former India captain’s Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Chennai Super Kings, on Thursday made them make a journey down reminiscence lane by sharing an previous photograph the place Dhoni is seen with the likes of Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, L. Balaji and Venugopal Rao, all of them clad in formals.
“Men in blue, in various shades of grey before all the #yellove started and this is nothing but GOLD! Circa 2005, Sri Lanka,” CSK mentioned within the tweet with the photograph on their official deal with.
Fans, who’ve been devoid of cricket for a number of weeks now, have been excited to see the celebs of their youthful days. While many others performed the guessing sport.
Indian Oil Cup , I feel Leo ! Balaji performed a sport earlier than going out of the aspect attributable to stress accidents , andavan ashish took a six-fer in a shedding trigger ! Raina bought out for a duck to Murali ! Venugopal Rao & Raina debuted in the identical sport on this sequence, Bhajji with ball was Gr8
— Abilash Kumar (@abilashk99) May 7, 2020
CSK squad 😍
— Perunjchithiran (@chithuvj13) May 7, 2020
Rare one
— Ashwani Sharma (@Ashwani58190387) May 7, 2020
The seven-match ODI sequence in Sri Lanka noticed Dhoni come of age and prime the run-scorers’ chart scoring 346 runs at 115.33 with the very best rating of 183 not out, which remains to be his highest in 50-over cricket.
India, led by Rahul Dravid, had gained the ODI sequence 6-1.
Dhoni has led India to the 2011 ODI World Cup triumph on residence soil in addition to the 2013 Champions Trophy victory, and is thought to be one of many best gamers to have performed the sport. The 38-year previous has been on a break since India’s semi-final exit within the 2019 World Cup and was speculated to return within the IPL which has been postponed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
(With IANS inputs)