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Two greats of Indian Cricket retire

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  On Independence Day, two Indian legends announced their retirement from international cricket which is sad of all cricket fans. MS Dhoni has an immense contribution to Indian Cricket. He made his ODI debut on 23 rd December 2004 at Chattogram and was run out for 0. After the initial struggle, Sourav Ganguly promoted him at number 3 and scored a breathtaking 148 to announce his arrival at international cricket. He has many records in ODI format including fourth Indian after Sachin, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid to score 10,000 runs. After taking over the captaincy, he played most matches as a captain and served as a wicketkeeper. Known for his fast and quick reflexes, Dhoni has the greatest number of stumpings (120) by any wicketkeeper in the ODI career. He is the only wicketkeeper to do 100 stumpings. His 183* against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the highest score by a wicketkeeper. Apart from this, Dhoni has the average and unbeaten innings in successful run-chases. Dhoni bec...

This Day That Year: Suresh Raina scores his maiden T20I and IPL century

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Suresh Raina made his T20I debut for India on December 1 st , 2006 against South Africa. He was a part of the Indian Cricket Team which yielded brilliant results. The left-handed batsman played his last T20I match against England on 8 th July at Bristol. Raina has been a part of the Chennai Super Kings side since the start. He played a key role in helping CSK win matches with his brilliant batting. Coming at number 3, he made sure that he guided the most successful side in IPL history to qualify for the playoffs stage every time. T20I century Suresh Raina became the first Indian to score a T20I century in the 2010 World T20 Group C game against South Africa played on 2 nd May 2010 at Gros Islet, St Lucia. In that match, South African captain Graeme Smith won the toss and decided to field first. It was not an ideal start for India as they an early wicket of Murali Vijay in the first over. Suresh Raina came to the crease and given a reprieve as he was caught off a no-ball. Din...