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MS Dhoni<\/a> celebrated his 42nd birthday on Friday and his long-time Indian cricket team and Chennai Super Kings teammate Ravichandran Ashwin<\/a> had a rather unusual wish for him. Ashwin posted on Twitter that this is the last time he is wishing Dhoni on social media and even made a sly remark about “gossip mongers and story spinners” for whom he had a strict disclaimer. “Tweeting on July 7th without wishing the great man a happy birthday can prove to be catastrophic. Happy birthday Mahi bhai. #disclaimer this will be my last birthday wish on Twitter for anyone. I believe I will stick to wishing them directly or call them. The disclaimer was for all gossip mongers and story spinner,” he tweeted.<\/p>\n Tweeting on July 7th without wishing the great man a happy birthday can prove to be catastrophic. Happy birthday Mahi bhai. #disclaimer<\/a> this will be my last birthday wish on Twitter for anyone. I believe I will stick to wishing them directly or call them.<\/p>\n The disclaimer\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Dhoni made his international debut in 2004 and made a name for himself as a ferocious hitter of the cricket ball, but mellowed down with time to a finisher who would guide his team to wins with his calculated aggression and amazing tactics.<\/p>\n In 350 ODIs, he scored 10,773 runs at an average of 50.57. He scored 10 centuries and 73 fifties for India, with the best score of 183*. He is India’s fifth-highest scorer in ODIs (with Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> at the top with 18,426 runs). He is also the 11th most successful ODI batter of all time. The fact that he managed to score 10,000-plus runs at an average of over 50 while coming down the order makes his statistics even more astonishing.<\/p>\n He led India in 200 ODI matches, winning 110, losing 74. Five matches were tied while 11 failed to produce a result, he has a win percentage of 55.<\/p>\n With 229 sixes, he is the fifth-highest six-hitter of all time and also has the second-highest sixes by an Indian next to Rohit Sharma<\/a> (275 sixes). He is also the sixth-fastest player to reach 10,000 ODI runs, doing so in 273 innings.<\/p>\n ‘Mahi’, as he is known to the fans, played 98 T20Is for India, scoring 1,617 runs at an average of 37.60, at a strike rate of 126.13. He has two half-centuries in the format, with the best score of 56.<\/p>\n He led India in 72 T20Is, winning 41, losing 28, one being tied and two failing to produce results. His win percentage is 56.94.<\/p>\n (With ANI inputs)<\/p>\n Topics mentioned in this article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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