As soon as the match ended, MS Dhoni announced his retirement

One of the most successful captains of India, MS Dhoni has surprised everyone by announcing his retirement from international Test cricket on this very day (30 December 2014). At that time also, India and Australia were face to face under Border-Gavaskar. However, cricket fans had no idea that the Melbourne Test against Australia was going to be Captain Cool's last Test.

In fact, the Indian team that went on a tour to Australia in 2014 suffered a setback in the opening match itself, because Captain Dhoni could not play in that match due to a thumb injury. Virat Kohli led the Indian team in that match, in which India had to face defeat by 48 runs. Although Mahendra Singh Dhoni returned after recovering from injury in the Brisbane Test match, India lost this match by 4 wickets.

After that, MS Dhoni took to the field for the last time as a captain and player against Australia in Melbourne. India succeeded in drawing the Melbourne Test match with Australia. But India played the last Test match of the series in Sydney under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. This match between India and Australia was a draw and the host team managed to capture the series 2-0.

Recalling that day, Ravi Shastri had said that nobody in the dressing room knew that MS Dhoni would retire and that he was going to call it quits after the Melbourne Test match. The last test match was to be held in Sydney between India and Australia after the Melbourne Test Match but Captain Cool had kept clear that he would not partake in the last Test Match, So the last test match that was to be commenced from 6 to 10th January Virat Kohli leads Indian for this match. Resulting in a draw, this was a match between India and Australia.

Under his captaincy, the Indian team played 60 matches out of which India won 27 matches. Besides this, MS Dhoni is the only Indian captain under whose captaincy India won ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, and Champions Trophy titles. MS Dhoni announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on 15 August 2020.