{"id":1014,"date":"2020-07-07T11:41:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T06:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=21267"},"modified":"2020-07-07T11:41:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T06:11:58","slug":"happy-birthday-ms-dhoni-turns-39-teammates-fans-wishes-pour-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/happy-birthday-ms-dhoni-turns-39-teammates-fans-wishes-pour-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday: MS Dhoni turns 39, teammates, fans wishes pour in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">MS Dhoni celebrates his 39th birthday today and some of his former and current teammates took to Twitter to post their birthday greetings for the former India captain. The likes of Virender Sehwag and Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Suresh Raina, Kuldeep Yadav and VVS Laxman were among the first to share their birthday wishes with the Kedar Jadhav even penning a heartfelt letter for his \u201cbest friend, teammate and captain\u201d. Fans too flooded social media and wished India\u2019s 2011 World Cup-winning skipper. \u201cOnce in a generation, a player comes and a nation\u00a0 connects with him, think of him as a member of their family, kuch bahut apna sa lagta hai. Happy Birthday to a man who is the world ( Dhoni-ya ) for his many admirers,\u201d tweeted Virender Sehwag.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once in a generation, a player comes and a nation  connects with him, think of him as a member of their family, kuch bahut apna sa lagta hai. Happy Birthday to a man who is the world ( Dhoni-ya ) for his many admirers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyBirthdayDhoni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyBirthdayDhoni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T9Bj7G32BI\">pic.twitter.com\/T9Bj7G32BI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virrender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virendersehwag\/status\/1280325793512435712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kedar Jadhav\u2019s letter for MS Dhoni was a massive hit, garnering over 1,000 retweets and over 4,000 likes in no time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA small try to make your birthday little more special. My best friend, teammate and captain, Happy Birthday Mahi Bhai,\u201d wrote the India cricketer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A small try to make your birthday little more special. My best friend, teammate and captain, Happy Birthday Mahi Bhai <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@msdhoni<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Thank You <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideCricket07?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@InsideCricket07<\/a> for making it happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyBirthdayDhoni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyBirthdayDhoni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xfiakfh8Ai\">pic.twitter.com\/xfiakfh8Ai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IamKedar (@JadhavKedar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JadhavKedar\/status\/1280329134233710593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Calling Dhoni \u201cBittu\u201d, Hardik Pandya wished Dhoni, thanking him for \u201cstanding by me in bad times\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy birthday to my Bittu from your Chittu. My friend who has taught me to be a better human being and stood by me in bad times @msdhoni,\u201d Pandya tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy birthday to my Bittu from your Chittu \ud83e\udd17 My friend who has taught me to be a better human being and stood by me in bad times <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@msdhoni<\/a> \ud83d\ude18\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyBirthdayDhoni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyBirthdayDhoni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WfoRkMmAuo\">pic.twitter.com\/WfoRkMmAuo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hardikpandya7\/status\/1280208605132685312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dhoni\u2019s CSK teammate Suresh Raina posted a video to wish \u201cone of my favorite human, brother & a leader I could ever ask for\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImRaina\/status\/1280234223224274944<\/p>\n<p>Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav thanked Dhoni for being an amazing human being while former India cricketer VVS Laxman said Dhoni\u2019s composure and patience continues to be an inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy birthday Mahi Bhai. I hope you have a wonderful and fantastic day. Thank you for being such an amazing human being. God bless you,\u201d Kuldeep tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany more happy returns of the day to a man whose composure and patience continues to be an inspiration. #HappyBirthdayDhoni,\u201d former India batsman VVS Laxman wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy birthday Mahi bhai. I hope you have a wonderful and a fantastic day. Thank you for being such an amazing human being. God bless you. \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udcaf <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BZ1Za759FM\">pic.twitter.com\/BZ1Za759FM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kuldeep yadav (@imkuldeep18) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imkuldeep18\/status\/1280229078453219328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many more happy returns of the day to a man whose composure and patience continues to be an inspiration. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyBirthdayDhoni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyBirthdayDhoni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h1EXP6aohR\">pic.twitter.com\/h1EXP6aohR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VVSLaxman281\/status\/1280320355798679552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dhoni hasn\u2019t played any international cricket since July 2019, when India lost to New Zealand in the semi-final of the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Dhoni was expected to return to action in this year\u2019s Indian Premier League, which has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MS Dhoni Birthday: The former India captain turns 39 today, and his former and current teammates flooded social media with their birthday greetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":24146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}