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Dhoni's No. 7 retired by BCCI
Second India jersey number to be retired after Tendulkar's No. 10
ESPNcricinfo staff
15-Dec-2023
Indian cricket will never have another player wearing No. 7 on their jersey, after the BCCI decided to retire the number that belonged to MS Dhoni during his international and IPL career, according to a report in Indian Express.
Dhoni last's game for India was the 2019 ODI World Cup semi-final, and he announced his retirement from international cricket via a post on Instagram on August 15, 2020. No India cricketer has worn No. 7 since.
Dhoni's jersey number is the second to be retired by the BCCI, after the No. 10 worn by Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar ended his international career in 2013, and since then no Indian player had worn a No. 10 jersey in international cricket until Shardul Thakur did it in 2017, after which the BCCI decided to retire the jersey number.
Full postIndia pick best fielder of the SA T20I series
Who's the winner?
ESPNcricinfo staff
15-Dec-2023
The dressing-room award for India's best fielder returns to our phone screens for the T20Is against South Africa. This time, fielding coach T Dilip has chosen to pick a winner for the series instead of each match. Mohammed Siraj gets his medal after a long wait.
The medal-giving ceremony became popular during the 2023 World Cup because Dilip found innovative ways of announcing the winner, sometimes via the stadium's giant screen, the Spidercam, and once even roping in the groundstaff for the award.
Virat Kohli won the medal for the final.
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