Joining Parachute Regiment of Territorial Army for next 2 months: MS Dhoni tells BCCI

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MS Dhoni has informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that he will be unavailable for two months and as a result, will be missing India's tour of the West Indies next month as he is joining the para regiment for the next 2 months.

 

Dhoni, who holds an honorary post of Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute regiment of the Territorial Army, had made this commitment even before the Cricket World Cup 2019. The MSK Prasad-led BCCI selection panel will meet on Sunday to announce the team.

India's tour of the West Indies will begin with a three-match T20I series starting August 3. The teams will then play three ODIs and two Test matches between August 8-30.

Dhoni meanwhile, has no immediate plans to retire from limited-overs international cricket despite the intense speculation surrounding his future, his longtime friend and business partner Arun Pandey said Friday.

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

MS Dhoni had a disappointing outing in the just-concluded Cricket World Cup 2019 in which he scored 273 runs in 9 match at an average of 45.50 including two fifties but it was once again his strike rate which became the talking point.

Dhoni was criticised by fans and cricket pundits for being being unable to accelerate the scoring rate in the death overs, especially in the matches against England and New Zealand, both of which India lost.

Dhoni's last international innings of 50 ended in heartbreak for the entire nation as he was run out with a brilliant direct hit from the deep by New Zealand opener Martin Guptill, effectively ending India's hopes in the knock-out game.

The 38-year-old former India captain has played 350 ODIs, 90 Tests and 98 T20 Internationals so far. Dhoni has amassed 10,773 ODI runs at an average of over 50 while in Test cricket, he accumulated 4876 runs at 38.09.

As a result of Dhoni's failures with the bat, young Rishabh Pant is being looked at his successor in the limited-overs formats. The 21-year-old represented India at World Cup 2019 after being called in as Shikhar Dhawan's replacement.

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MS Dhoni opts out of West Indies tour, to serve his army regiment for next 2 months

A top BCCI official confirmed that MS Dhoni has made himself unavailable for the West Indies series and will spend better part the next two months with his regiment

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday made himself “unavailable” for the Indian team’s tour of West Indies as speculations raged about his future. An Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment of the Territorial Army, it is learnt that Dhoni will be spending better part of the next two months with his regiment. A top BCCI official confirmed the development.

 

“Dhoni has made himself unavailable for the tour of West Indies as he will be spending two months with his paramilitary regiment,” the official told PTI.

 

Dhoni, 38, has intimated his decision to the BCCI prior to the selection committee meeting on Sunday. The official, however, made it clear that Dhoni is not retiring from cricket at the moment.

“We would like to say three things. He is not retiring from cricket right now. He is taking a two month sabbatical to serve his paramilitary regiment which he had committed much earlier,” he said.

“We have now intimated his decision to skipper Virat Kohli and chairman of selectors MSK Prasad,” the senior official added.

With Dhoni pulling out of the tour, Rishabh Pant is expected to be first wicketkeeper in all three formats while Wriddhiman Saha will be Pant’s understudy in the Tests.

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‘MS Dhoni not retiring from cricket now,’ says top BCCI official - Report

Amid mounting speculation around his international retirement after India’s semi-final exit from the recent World Cup, Dhoni has told the BCCI that he will take a two-month sabbatical from the game to serve his paramilitary regiment.

MS Dhoni, the former India captain, on Saturday made himself “unavailable” for India’s tour of West Indies which gave rise to the ‘has Dhoni retired?’ question but much to the relief of his billions of fans, Dhoni has ruled out immediate retirement a day before the selectors meet in Mumbai to pick the three squads for the upcoming away series, starting on August 3.

Amid mounting speculation around his international retirement after India’s semi-final exit from the recent World Cup, Dhoni has told the BCCI that he will take a two-month sabbatical from the game to serve his paramilitary regiment.

 

Dhoni is an Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment of the Territorial Army, “We would like to clarify three things. MS Dhoni is not retiring from cricket right now. He is taking a two month sabbatical to serve his paramilitary regiment which he had committed much earlier. We have now intimated his decision to skipper Virat Kohli and chairman of selectors MSK Prasad,” a senior BCCI official told PTI on Saturday.

The 38-year-old Dhoni’s refusal to take retirement now leaves the ball in the court of the selectors, who were expected to drop him from the squad for the West Indies. India will play three T20 Internationals, as many ODIs and two Tests in the tour starting August 3. It is believed that the selection committee chaired by MSK Prasad wants to move forward with an eye on future but they would also like to get a sense of where the Indian captain stands on this issue.

“The selection committee has always been clear on one issue. They have no right to tell anyone irrespective of their stature as to when they should call it quits but when it comes to team selection, it remains their domain,” a senior BCCI official said.

 

With Dhoni pulling out of the tour, Rishabh Pant is expected to be first wicketkeeper in all three formats while Wriddhiman Saha will be Pant’s understudy in the Tests.

From now, the focus will be more on T20 cricket keeping the World T20 in mind, which is scheduled to be held in Australia next year.

India will be playing a lot of bilateral three-match T20 series in run-up to the global meet and with Dhoni expected to play one more season of IPL with Chennai Super Kings, things are a bit tricky at the moment.

There are a few questions that the selectors need to answer.

Whether they see Dhoni playing till World T20? If the answer is yes, are they willing to give him 15 to 18 T20s during the phase as a keeper-batsman? If that answer is also yes, it would boil down to whether skipper Virat Kohli sees him as a batsman in T20s where keeping isn’t the primary skill required.

With Dhoni’s ever-declining hitting abilities, can he come in at Nos 6 or 7 where he might, at best, get 6 to 8 balls in most games and even less in some? If that answer is also yes, the next question that would crop up is if he can hit the likes of Jofra Archer, Jason Behrendorff or Mohammed Amir straightaway in the slog overs. There is a case about Dhoni’s stellar success in death overs at the IPL. He always gets one weak Indian bowler -- say a Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel or Dhawal Kulkarni or Sandeep Sharma from whom he scores those 15 to 20-run overs.

But would that be possible against a Lockie Ferguson or a Pat Cummins? The current selection committee’s term ends in October when the BCCI elections are scheduled and they would like to put a transition phase in place in consonance with what the captain and the coach want.

However, once the board members take over after the elections and if Dhoni decides to stick with his decision of not retiring, there could be some twists and turns in the coming months.

Till then, all roads lead to the BCCI headquarters on Sunday where Prasad will address the most defining press conference of his eventful tenure.

 

[r2d2]

taking baby steps to retirement..

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lol. before coming here, I thought you would have tagged me when I read this news earlier.

[jefferson1]

Award Kosam gattiga trying anukunta?

[Sucker]

Good. Retire avvadu appude next T20 WC aadathadu anipisthundi. 

[Ram51]

 ne yavva nuvvu ila cheppapettakunda dobbeste captaincy evadu settadu vayya - kohli

[Staysafebro]

Ammayi reject chesthe nene reject chesina anicheppukune db lavda logic la undhi

[LazyRohit]

Bad news for Team India

[user789]

1 hour ago, Ram51 said:

 ne yavva nuvvu ila cheppapettakunda dobbeste captaincy evadu settadu vayya - kohli

db lo kondaru unnaru kada...cricket raani vaalu- they will guide k0hli 

[user789]

Rohit should be the captain..else it will become like TDPEE...Loosing easiest wc 2023

[perugu_vada]

38yrs, not in form with bat for morethan 2yrs now, WC kuda aipoindi, not sure y he still wants to occupy the position which cud pave way for youngsters, the exact stmt he mentioned when he was captaining team india with dravid/sourav/viru/sachin/vvs in the team

[Balibabu]

11 minutes ago, perugu_vada said:

38yrs, not in form with bat for morethan 2yrs now, WC kuda aipoindi, not sure y he still wants to occupy the position which cud pave way for youngsters, the exact stmt he mentioned when he was captaining team india with dravid/sourav/viru/sachin/vvs in the team

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