MS Dhoni retires from Testcricket and position as Indiacaptain

The India captain MS Dhoni has retired from
Test cricket, the Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) announced on Tuesday.
" MS Dhoni has chosen to retire from Test
Cricket with immediate effect ," the BCCI
posted on its Twitter feed.
The news was announced shortly after the 33-
year-old wicket-keeper batsman had led India
to a draw in the third Test against Australia
in Melbourne. The result meant Australia
won the series and regained the Border-
Gavaskar trophy . Virat Kohli will take over
the captaincy for the fourth and final Test,
which begins in Sydney on 6 January, with
India trailing 2-0 in the series.
BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel paid tribute to
Dhoni, who made his 90th and now final Test
appearance in Melbourne. "One of India's
greatest Test captains under whose leadership
India became the No1 team in the Test
rankings, MS Dhoni has decided to retire
from Test cricket citing the strain of playing
all formats of cricket," Patel said in a
statement released by the BCCI.
"MS Dhoni has chosen to retire from Test
cricket with immediate effect in order to
concentrate on ODI and T20 formats. [The]
BCCI, while respecting the decision of MS
Dhoni to retire from Test cricket, wishes to
thank him for his enormous contribution to
Test cricket and the laurels that he has
brought to India."