MS Dhoni's 7-year-old tweet goes viral after the Indian Hockey side wins Bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics

The Indian Hockey side beat the Germany outfit 5-4 in a pulsating thriller to clinch the Bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This is a historic occasion for the Indian Hockey side, as this is the first time in four decades that the Indian Hockey side has won an Olympic medal.

And, amidst the euphoria surrounding this historic accomplishment by the Indian Hockey side, an old tweet from former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has started doing the rounds on social media. The tweet from Dhoni dates back to 3rd October 2014, when he had congratulated the Indian hockey side for winning the Gold medal in the Asian Games.

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) side had also beaten the Punjab Kings outfit in the semifinal of the Champions League tournament on the same day, but Dhoni was happier for the success of the Indian Hockey side than for the success of the CSK outfit.

“Outstanding day today not because CSK got into the finals but because INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM won the gold medal, thanks for making us proud,” Dhoni had tweeted.

You can see MS Dhoni’s tweet below

Outstanding day today not because CSK got into the finals but because INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM won the gold medal,thanks for making us proud

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) October 2, 2014

MS Dhoni is one of the legends of Indian cricket

MS Dhoni is one of the greatest Indian cricketers of all time. In a stellar 15-year-career, the 40-year-old represented India in 90 Tests, 350 ODIs, and 98 T20Is. While he scored 4876 runs in the whites, the right-handed batsman plundered 10773 runs in the ODI format of the game. In T20I cricket, Dhoni scored 1617 runs.

Dhoni also led India to unprecedented success as the captain. Under his stewardship, India won the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2011 fifty Over World Cup as well as the 2013 Champions Trophy as well. Dhoni has also led the Chennai Super Kings side to three IPL titles as well.

Dhoni has played a colossal 211 IPL matches and has scored 4669 runs at an average of 40.25. Even though Dhoni announced his international retirement on 15th August 2020, he still continues to render his services for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise in the IPL.