Incredible MS Dhoni, Amazing Raina! Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik pays retirement tribute

On August 15, 2020, MS Dhoni anuncement from international cricket. "From 1929 hrs consider me as Retired," 39-year-old icon wrote on his Instagram handle. A few minutes later, Suresh Raina followed suit by doing same. Fans flooded social media with tributes for two Indian cricketers, which included creative artwork. International Cricket Council (ICC) recently shared a photo of intricate sand art me for two cricketers in Odisha. 

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Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik pays tribute after Captain Cool, Suresh Raina retire from international cricket

MS Dhoni-Suresh Raina tribute art was me by Sudarsan Pattnaik, who is a rewned international sand artist and winner of 2014 Pma Shri. Pattnaik's art was shared by ICC, which he me on Odisha's Puri beach. Prior to Dhoni's art, Pattnaik h shared photos of sand art houring COVID-19 warriors and soldiers on August 15. 

Pattnaik has till date represented India is over 50 international sand sculpture championships and has won 27 prizes for country. Last year, he became first Indian to win  Italian Sand Art Award at  International Scorra Sand Nativity event held in Lecce, Italy (13 to 17 vember 2019). He has also won  Double Gold Medal at Solo International Sand Art Contest at Mervala in 2012, along with  gold medal for People's Choice Award at 3rd Moscow World Sand Sculpture Championship. 

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Dhoni retirement anuncement 

MS Dhoni retired after his 16-year-long career as India's most successful captain in limited-over internationals having won  2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 50-over World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. Dhoni, 39, last played for country in 2019 during ICC World Cup Semi-Finals against New Zealand. That was Dhoni's 350th ODI, where he scored 50 off 72 balls before being run-out by Martin Guptill. 

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Suresh Raina retires

33-year-old Raina played 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20Is during his international career of 13 years. He also captained team for some time, where India won 3-2 during West Indies series and 2-0 with Banglesh in ODIs. Indian team also bagged a 2-0 T20 victory against Zimbabwe. He played his last ODI on July 17, 2018, against England. 

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Currently, Dhoni and Raina are training along with Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla and Kedar Jhav at  MA Chidambaram stium before IPL 2020 begins in September. Originally scheduled on March 29, league was postponed due to COVID-19 crisis and will w be held in UAE. CSK will start ir season with a game against Mumbai Indians on September 19. 

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(Im source: Sudarsan Pattnaik official Twitter)