Dhoni's epic reply to a journalist asking him about his retirement.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team might have lost the crucial semifinal encounter against the West Indies but the maverick Indian captain gave a tongue in cheek reply to Australian journalist Samuel Ferris who asked him about his retirement plans in the post-match press conference.
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"Will you continue playing after this tournament," asked the journalist. "Come here, let's have some fun," replied a smiling Dhoni taking the cricket.com.au reporter by surprise. At first the scribe thought the Indian captain was just pulling his leg and that he will stop the joke right there. But the usually calm and cool captain, who is known for his witty replies again requested the journalist to share the dais with him.
Taken aback by Mahi, the journalist made his way to the stage while Dhoni pulled up a chair and asked him to sit down. "Do you want me to retire?" asked the Indian captain. "No," replied the flummoxed scribe. "Well you know if you were an Indian then I would have asked whether you have a brother or son who is a wicket-keeper and who can take my place in the team," said Dhoni. "True very true," replied the Australian.
Dhoni went on grilling the journalist asking, "Do you think I am unfit? Do you think I can survive till the 2019 World Cup?" "Yes sure," came the reply from the shocked journalist.
"Then you have answered your own question. You fired the wrong ammunition at the wrong time mate," said the Indian skipper sending the whole press room into a bout of laughter.
Earlier the distraught skipper blamed the two no-balls bowled to Lendl Simmons by Ravichandran Ashwin and Hardik Pandya for team's shock ouster from the World T20.
Ashwin's no-ball gave Man-of-the-Match Simmons 'life' at 18 when Jasprit Bumrah had taken the catch while Pandya overstepped when the right-hander was on 50. Simmons went to score an unbeaten 82 to win it for the Caribbeans.
"It was a bad toss to lose. Then it was a 7 pm start which meant that second innings started half an hour early. It was not bad when we started bowling. The spinners did not have much on offer due to dew. We have a history of problems when the spinners bowl with wet ball. The only thing I am really disappointed are the two no-balls," Dhoni said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
Watch the video of the press conference here
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