Reports: Indian selectors await MS Dhoni’s retirement; no longer an automatic pick

Dixit Bhargav | 15/07/2019
Reports: Indian selectors await MS Dhoni's retirement; not longer an automatic pick

Indian selectors await MS Dhoni’s retirement: Going by a fresh report, things don’t appear the best for Indian wicket-keeper batsman.

With every passing day, there is a latest development on former India captain and current wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s future. The legendary cricketer is at such a stage in his career when speculation are made regarding the retirement of a player.

From Dhoni set to be rested for the upcoming tour of West Indies to him possibly joining the Bhartiya Janata Party, reports of contrasting nature have surfaced in the media of late.

Indian selectors await MS Dhoni’s retirement

The most recent update on Dhoni is with respect to his retirement. Going by a recent report in The Times of India, the Indian selectors are awaiting for Dhoni to hang his boots from international cricket.

“We’re surprised that he’s not done it so far. There are youngsters like Rishabh Pant waiting to grab their chances. As we saw in the World Cup, [MS] Dhoni isn’t the same batsman anymore. Despite coming in at No. 6 or 7, he was struggling to force the pace, and it was hurting the team,” a source close to the BCCI was quoted as saying.

Other than expressing the selectors’ surprise on Dhoni’s retirement, the source also revealed that Dhoni is neither a part of selectors’ plan for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 to be held in Australia nor an automatic pick in the Indian team anymore.

“I don’t think he’s in the selectors’ plan for the 2020 T20 World Cup too. He must quit international cricket gracefully. He isn’t an automatic pick any more,” he added.

Talking about Dhoni’s T20I form in the last year, he has scored 130 runs in five matches at an average of 43.33 and a strike rate of 116.07.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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