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MS Dhoni latest retirement news: BCCI source reveals recent update on Dhoni’s retirement speculations

Gurpreet Singh
|PublishedJul 20, 2019

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – JULY 10: MS Dhoni of India hits a six during resumption of the Semi-Final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between India and New Zealand after weather affected play at Old Trafford on July 10, 2019 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

MS Dhoni latest retirement news: BCCI source reveals recent update on Dhoni’s retirement speculations before West Indies tour

The veteran Indian wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni, has made himself unavailable for selection for India’s upcoming tour of West Indies set to commence with a 3-match T20 series beginning from August 3 in Florida.

The aforementioned decision comes via a top BCCI source, who has confirmed that the 38-year-old has given prior intimation pertaining the same to the selection committee, who will meet on Sunday (July 21) for the team’s selection for the month long tour.

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As per the source, Dhoni has decided to take a two-month sabbatical leave to serve the Parachute regiment of the Indian Army, where he holds eminent post of Lieutenant Colonel.

BCCI source on Dhoni’s retirement

The BCCI official has cleared the mist around the possible conjectures pertaining Dhoni’s retirement. There were quite a significant number of retirement speculations regarding the 38-year-old, which began immediately after India’s semi-final exit from the 2019 World Cup on the hands of New Zealand.

People even commenced sharing the split pictures of his run out in the first ODI versus Bangladesh, and the one in the semi-final off Martin Guptill, stating them the ones of his first and last ODI respectively.

The official, however, further claimed that Dhoni, 38, is nowhere close to retiring at the moment. “We would like to say three things. He is not retiring from cricket right now. He is taking a two-month sabbatical to serve his paramilitary regiment which he had committed much earlier,” he said.

He further clearly stated that nobody has the right to tell any Cricketer irrespective of their stature in the team, to hang up his/her boots or not.

“We have now intimated his decision to skipper Virat Kohli and chairman of selectors MSK Prasad,” he added. “The selection committee has always been clear on one issue. They have no right to tell anyone irrespective of their stature as to when they should call it quits but when it comes to team selection, it remains their domain.”

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.