The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was supposed to act as a stepping stone for Dhoni to showcase his worth and forge his way back into the Indian squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Ever since the announcement of central contracts for Team India by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been made, the one thing everyone noticed was the exclusion of Dhoni.
With questions over the wicketkeeper-batsman's retirement doing the rounds, the decision to exclude him just gave rise to more speculations.
However, in am interview, a close friend of Dhoni from Ranchi has expressed his thoughts on how he still not ready to retire and wants to still play.
The friend also reviled that MSD now gets angry whenever someone asks him about retirement.
“He (Dhoni) has worked even harder in the last few months before everything stopped. I haven’t seen him doing agility training so intensely ever," Mahi's friend was quoted as saying by several news outlets.
"He knows he is not getting younger and perhaps that is why training even harder to keep himself fit,” the friend added.
Since India's semi-final exit from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 against New Zealand in August last year, MSD made himself unavailable for selection. During his break from cricket, the 38-year-old also served for the Indian Army too.
The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was supposed to act as a stepping stone for Dhoni to showcase his worth and forge his way back into the Indian squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, BCCI decided to postpone the kick-off the IPL 2020 till April 15, 2020.
Speaking on the topic, the CSK skipper's friend said: “He has proved everyone wrong when no one backed him. Now there are millions of fans to back him. So he will take his chances for sure.”
“Mahi gets angry when we ask him questions on his retirement. He still feels he is the fittest of all and quickest wicket-keeper in India.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the nation through a video message, in which he appealed to the citizens of India to come together to defeat the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, that is spreading like wildfire across the nation.
In light of the heightened concern on the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in India, the country has been placed under complete lockdown for 21 days from March 24. Authorities have asked citizens to maintain strict social distancing to cut the spread of the virus outbreak.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), there are 2,301 confirmed cases of coronavirus cases in the country and 56 fatalities have been reported.
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