• Home
  • Cricket
  • It Will Be India's Loss Whenever MS Dhoni Retires, Says Kapil Dev

It Will Be India's Loss Whenever MS Dhoni Retires, Says Kapil Dev

By Sayantan Bhattacharjee

Updated - 26 Jan 2020, 03:11 AM

MS Dhoni, MS Dhoni's Five Most Bold Decisions Ever For Team India
MS Dhoni (Credits: Twitter)

Table of Contents

Former India World Cup winning skipper Kapil Dev believes there will be a big void once MS Dhoni decides to draw curtains on his international career. Dhoni at 38 isn’t getting any younger and his absence from the international circuit has raised quite a few eyebrows. The wicket-keeper batsman last featured for India in the 2019 World Cup semi-finals.

MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni (Credits: Twitter)

India came agonizingly close to beating New Zealand but with Dhoni’s run-out in the end moments, India’s hopes were punctured. Incidentally, the former India captain hit a fifty in that game. Kapil feels India will be at a loss once it part ways with Dhoni.

“He has served the country so well, for so many years. One day, he has to retire. It will be sooner rather than later. He has to go at some time. He is not playing matches. So, I don’t know when he is going to come out and say he has had enough. It will be our loss whenever he retires,” the 61-year-old said.

Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev (Credits: Twitter)

MS Dhoni was left out of the central contract list

Dhoni didn’t find a mention in the annual Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) central contracts list in January for the time window extending from October 2019 to September 2020. Meanwhile, Kapil, who was in Chennai to promote the upcoming movie ’83’, said that times have changed and that cricket is no longer just a batsman’s game.

He had a word of praise for the Indian bowling pack, which continues to impress. “The bowling attack is fabulous. We are winning matches not because of the batsmen, but because of great bowlers who are taking 20 wickets in a Test. That is the difference that we have had recently.” he added.
Hardik Pandya
Moving on, Hardik Pandya, who recovered from an injury, failed a fitness test recently and hence didn’t make the cut for India A tour of New Zealand. According to Kapil, time is running out for the flamboyant all-rounder and that he has to earn back his place. “Pandya has to be worried. He should be worried about how fast he can get fit and come back into the team. That’s important. He has to look after himself.”

Tagged:

India MS Dhoni News

Latest News

View All