Page 52 - Demo

| SpORTS | AUGUST 21, 2020 | The Indian Eye end of an eRa
52
captain cOOl
endS hiS inningS
M S Dhoni, 39, bids adieu to international cricket; may play IPL till 2022
Our Bureau
international cricket, bringing an end to the top-flight career of one of India’s great- est limited-overs cricketers, and its most successful captain. He is the only captain to lift all three ICC trophies - the 50-over World Cup, the T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy - and he also took India to the top
of the ICC Test rankings. Dhoni, 39, took to Insta- gram to make his announce- ment, putting up a slideshow of images from his career, with the caption: “Thanks - Thanks a lot
for ur love and support through- out.from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired.” (sic)
While the post didn’t spec- ify it, the retirement is only from international cricket, and Dhoni will play for Chennai Su- per Kings in the upcoming IPL 2020. He arrived in Chennai on Friday for Super Kings’ short camp at Chepauk ahead of IPL 2020, which will be played in the UAE from September 19 to November 10. Kasi Viswa- nathan, the Super Kings CEO, had recently said that the team expected Dhoni to play for the franchise even after retirement, till at least 2022.
Earlier in January this year, N Srinivasan, the vice-chairman
S Dhoni announced M
umbai
his retirement from
MSD had blasted 72* off 46 against Pakistan in Lahore in the 3rd ODI in
2006. The then-president of Pakistan was in attendance and he had this to say: “A lot of placards in the crowd have suggested that you should get
a haircut, but if you take my advice, you look good in this hairstyle.”
An energetic Dhoni-led side lifted the title in the
inaugural World T20 in September 2007 by beating Pakistan in the final, making up for the disappointment of the early exit in the 50-over World Cup earlier in the year.
MS Dhoni’s international career started off on a disappointing note in December 2004. Playing Bangladesh, MS Dhoni was run-out for a duck and had a forgettable outing in his maiden ODI series.
w w w. T h e I n d i a n E Y E . u s