MS Dhoni won’t be first-choice wicketkeeper, but will help team in smooth 'transition'

[IndianRenegade]

How exactly is he going to achieve this magnificent feat? 

[NameGoesHere]

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MS Dhoni won’t be first-choice wicketkeeper, but will help team in smooth 'transition'

 

 

Thala started by advising individual players.

 

Then he gave advice to entire teams (his and unfortunately, lately, the opposition).

 

Now he has advanced to advising an entire cricket system (by the way, the words 'smooth transition' in connection with BCCI sounds like a gay man telling his first time lover- "No darling this won't hurt at all, it'll be a smooth transition")

 

Very soon, he will advise RSS, BJP, Modi-ji and all of India.

 

And then we, the valorous men and beautiful women of Aryavarta, shall together:˜

 

Lungi dance, Lungi dance, Lungi dance, Lungi dance, 

Lungi dance, Lungi dance, Lungi dance, Lungi dance, 

Edited July 17, 2019 by NameGoesHere

[ShoonyaSifar]

Looks to be a perfect excuse to justify him not retiring despite being totally over the hill.

 

Why does he think he is needed for the transition? He himself ensured Ganguly, Dravid, VVS, Sehwag were all dropped from ODIs without the need for 'transition'. When he retired from Tests midway on a tour to Australia, where was this thinking of 'helping the transition'. I hope the selectors have the guts and drop him from the LOIs if he does not announce his retirement before the tam is picked on 19th July.

[asterix]

 

Edited July 17, 2019 by asterix

[bahubali]

5 hours ago, Mosher said:

 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/dhoni-to-help-in-teams-smooth-transition/articleshow/70252655.cms

In short shameless man has been kicked out.

[nevada]

4 hours ago, Lannister said:

As long as we have sheeps, who blindly worship him, nothing's going to change. It's funny to think one player can have this much clout and even the officials are fear to drop him. Indian cricket is a joke.

Dhoni is not just a player, he is like a mythological hero for casual fans. They keep parroting the "Dhoni is smart, he is the best finisher, he is still good, if he goes, the team will collapse" etc myths to keep his legend going. 

[nevada]

12 minutes ago, bahubali said:

In short shameless man has been kicked out.

Fecker should have been kicked out 18-24 months ago. Hung on like a leech because phattu Kohli and chaddi wetter selectors bought the "world cup is just 1-1.5 years away, we need his "invaluable" experience" theory. 

[raki05]

17 minutes ago, nevada said:

Dhoni is not just a player, he is like a mythological hero for casual fans. They keep parroting the "Dhoni is smart, he is the best finisher, he is still good, if he goes, the team will collapse" etc myths to keep his legend going. 

GOT has faceless man and Indian cricket have a shameless old man!!

Edited July 17, 2019 by raki05

[Suhaan]

I have given up on Indian cricket, nothing is going to change

I knew this freeloader won't leave till the time he sucks out life from Indian cricket,he is too much for officials,

Even if he leaves he will dictate terms in forthcoming selection processes amd policies

[vijay50]

Msk prasad gutless selector giving in to player power.

[zen]

“Those tracking developments say Dhoni will not want to retire from the game because he’s got another year at 

Chennai Super Kings

. Fresh player contracts in IPL were signed by franchises in 2018 for a three-year term, during which franchises also retained their star cricketers on similar terms. “MS can’t just walk away like that. The Super Kings ride on him and he’s the franchise’s backbone. Not just the Indian team, he has to oversee a transition there too. After all, it’s been more than a decade-long association with them,” say those within the IPL fraternity.”

 

But who is asking him to retire from IPL? In fact, retired international players have played in IPL

 

PS hope that ppl judge Pant based not on how Dhoni was at his peak but how Dhoni started out. Dhoni got a lot of support initially to become what he was

Edited July 17, 2019 by zen

[velu]

icf will be fun anyway when they announce the team for the wi series

[R!TTER]

5 hours ago, bowl_out said:

Which means he won't play in the WI series, but wait for a home tour for a farewell international game..

and then play IPL 2020 and then retire from all cricket.

You wish, the *er isn't going away on his own 

[zen]

if Dhoni has a good IPL in 2020, he might be on the plane to Aus WT20 as a farewell tour

[Adi BB]

Why is dhoni hiding behind all this ?

He should straight away come out and explain what he wants to do ,if he doesn't want to retire he should clearly state it .

Only a shameless man will hide behind these excuses like "helping in smooth transition" . He should have the guts to do a PC and tell what he wants to do and not shoot through the shoulders of a third person 

[vvvslaxman]

F*** transition.  When the bridge is broken you build a new bridge. You don't keep the old bridge and build the new at the same time.

[vvvslaxman]

49 minutes ago, vijay50 said:

Msk prasad gutless selector giving in to player power.

IN his defense, Dhoni is way too powerful for a nobody like MSK Prasad lol. If it is were upto ICC they will write a new rule, "Any player that has a surname Dhoni should not be left out of selection until he decides to retire"

[zen]

Dhoni is smart. In the next 4 years, only major ODI ICC event is the WC in 2023. There is no CT planned. Focus would be on WT20 and WTC. Dhoni appears to be focusing on T20 (mention of IPL). WT20 will be played in Aus and Ind in 2020 and 2021 respectively. Since Ind is a planning laggard, it could ignore T20s and focus on ODIs, where it has time 

 

 

Edited July 17, 2019 by zen

[ThePhenomenal1]

What use will dhoni have in t20s? He made no impact other than the bangladesh run out in 2016 t20 cup, he can only run 2s and the odd heave boundary. Kick this guy out and lets bring in some big hitters

[vvvslaxman]

If only India had Pooran instead of Dhoni, we might be holding the cup right now!