Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to extend his break from cricket and made himself unavailable for the T20I series against Bangladesh.
The story
With Dhoni’s international retirement making headlines almost every day, a report by Mumbai Mirror came up with breaking news. According to one of this leading newspapers of Western India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will not get featured in the T20I series against Bangladesh and Vijay Hazare Trophy.
According to Mumbai Mirror, MS Dhoni has decided to extend his break from cricket and will not feature in the T20I series against Bangladesh, as well as the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The former Indian captain will not be available for selection at least till November now. Dhoni initially took a two-month sabbatical leave and was unavailable for selection for both the tour of West Indies as well as the home T20Is against South Africa. In that period he went on to serve Indian Army.
Dhoni’s retirement in doubts
Dhoni last appeared for Team India in the semi-final of the 2019 World Cup against New Zealand. His form and approach in the tournament attracted a good amount of criticism and the shocking exit of the team from World Cup added fuel to it. Hence, it was assumed that the former Indian captain would announce his international retirement after the end of the global tournament at the soonest. But nothing such has been done yet.
With a lot of experts talking about Dhoni’s retirement almost every day, his extension of leaves will certainly give birth to a new set of speculation. The Indian team seem to leave it with the man himself but a BCCI source reportedly mentioned earlier of Dhoni not being the immediate part of the dressing room and helping in the transition process with Rishabh Pant. On the other hand, stalwarts like Sunil Gavaskar said, “But his overall presence on the field will be calming for the captain because the captain gets the benefit of his views. So that is a huge plus. But I do believe the time has come.”
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