From last few hours, speculation is that Former Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is likely to announce his retirement for all forms of the game. MSD was also not selected for the T20 series against South Africa. The rumours about MSD hanging up his boots are rife since team India lost to New Zealand in the World Cup.
After World Cup, India toured West Indies but Dhoni decided to opt of the series and he has served Indian Army for a couple of months. But the speculation about his retirement is back in discussion after Dhoni’s name wasn’t found in T20 squad, for series against South Africa. So, sports enthusiasts are expecting him to bid an adieu at any time soon.
MS Dhoni might be laughing off those rumors but his wife Sakshi seems to have decided to put an end to them. Sakshi, on her Instagram story posted a picture with words ‘Its called Rumors’ on it and nothing else. She indirectly rubbished these rumors of Dhoni’s retirement this way.
Recently, Dhoni spoke to media and expressed his liking for home state Jharkhand. After that, a major discussion among political circles was about MSD would join BJP to heat up politics of the state. Rumours also suggest that Dhoni will contest in the Jharkhand assembly elections as a BJP candidate.
Under his captaincy, Indian team won both T20 and ODI world cups and also achieved No.1 position in Tests. Dhoni is considered to be one of the finest captains that Indian team ever had. In 2014, he announced his retirement from Test cricket, but he continued to play other forms of game including IPL. Let us wait and see if the buzz around Dhoni’s retirement will turn out to be true!