MS Dhoni retirement: Dhoni’s friend Arun Pandey reckons the veteran has no immediate plans to retire from International Cricket

Gurpreet Singh | 19/07/2019
MS Dhoni retirement: Dhoni's friend Arun Pandey reckons the veteran has no immediate plans to retire from International Cricket

MS Dhoni retirement: Dhoni’s long time friend Arun Pandey reckons that the former India captain has no retirement plans anytime soon

Ever since India’s semi-final exit from the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, the discussions, debates, speculations, conjectures and everything associated even with his post retirement plans have become one of the burning issues across the Indian Cricket fraternity.

The recent reports suggested that the 38-year-old  has made himself unavailable for the tour of West Indies, where the Indian team will take part on three T20Is and three ODIs. Also, he is expected to be a part of the transition phase which will see a new player take up his role.

Moreover, even MS Dhoni’s parents want their beloved son to hang up his boots, as they feel that the media is not able to handle the ‘big property’ anymore.

Now, Dhoni’s childhood long-time friend and business partner has spilled beans on his friend’s decision to retire from the game.

Arun Pandey reckons Dhoni has no immediate plans to retire

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s long-time friend and business partner Arun Pandey on Friday said that the former India captain has no immediate plans to retire despite the intense speculation surrounding his future, PTI reported.

“He has no immediate plans to retire. The constant speculation over the future of a great player like him is unfortunate,” Pandey said.

Pandey’s comments came ahead of the Indian Team’s selection for West Indies tour set to take place and be announced on July 21 (Sunday) after the same was postponed due to awaited fitness reports of players.

Pandey has been associated with Dhoni for a long time and also handles Rhiti Sports, a sports management company. With the selectors looking at the future following the World Cup, the 38-year-old may not be an automatic pick in the team.

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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.

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