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India legend and World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni says he has retired.
Dhoni, 39, led India to the 2007 World Twenty20 title, the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy.
"Thanks a lot for your love and support throughout. From 1929 hrs consider me as retired," he wrote on Instagram.
Dhoni, who made his India debut in 2004, scored 10,773 one-day international runs - the 11th highest tally in history - in 350 games. He also played 90 Tests and 98 T20s.
Dhoni did not specify whether he has retired from all cricket, although Indian media have reported that he will play in the Indian Premier League later this year.
The wicketkeeper scored 4,876 Test runs and guided India to the top of the International Cricket Council rankings before retiring from the longest form of the game in 2014.
Appointed India captain in 2007, Dhoni stepped down as limited-overs skipper in 2017 having won two Asia Cups in addition to the three global titles, but returned to lead the team for his 200th ODI as captain a year later.
He captained India in a record 322 international matches - 200 in ODIs, 60 in Tests and 72 in T20 - and his 110 ODI wins in charge is second only to Australia's Ricky Ponting.
'Greatest ever white-ball captain and finisher' - reaction
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BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew
Dhoni was one of the most colourful and charismatic cricketers of his generation, revered by his fans to an intensity matching Sachin Tendulkar and the Bollywood superstars.
His wicketkeeping was not aesthetic, but efficient, while his aggressive batting will forever link him to limited-overs cricket.
His big hitting and improvisation was responsible for turning many a match on its head.
The most famous, and the innings of his I will never forget, was the World Cup final in Mumbai in 2011, which Sri Lanka appeared destined to win through a beautifully crafted century by Mahela Jayawardene.
Dhoni's unbeaten 91 came from 79 balls and, typically, he finished the match with a straight six that flew into the Wankhede pavilion.
Dhoni did not create the helicopter shot, but he perfected it with no-one else coming close to the furious flourish that completed his stroke, while among his many successes as captain, India's whitewash of Australia in 2012-13 in will rank as one of his most memorable. Dhoni set the tone with 224 in the first Test.
