MS Dhoni retirement news: 3 reasons why Dhoni should retire from international cricket now

Dixit Bhargav | 12/09/2019
MS Dhoni retirement news: 3 reasons why Dhoni should retire from international cricket now

2) Youngsters deserve more opportunities

There won’t be much wrong if Dhoni plays a series or two before retiring. That being said, it will do nothing but deny a rookie wicket-keeper batsman of a place in the national team. With the ODI World Cup done and dusted now and the T20 World Cup a year away, this is perhaps the right time to find someone who can fill Dhoni’s shoes.

While Rishabh Pant has shown signs of brilliance in his brief career so far, he doubtlessly needs more time when it comes to cementing his place in the Indian team across formats.

Considering how well Dhoni made the wicket-keeper’s spot of his own for so many years, a disadvantage of the same was others didn’t get many opportunities with him being in the side. Currently, other young wicket-keepers like Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson have done well in the domestic circuit but will need time to excel at the highest level.

In the year leading up to the T20 World Cup in Australia next year, India can try these names to assess who fits best in the scheme of things for them.

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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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