MS Dhoni to Come Out of Retirement, Play T20 World Cup as Part of India’s Squad? Irfan Pathan, Varun Aaron Float ‘WILD’ IDEA
Chennai: MS Dhoni has not played for India in the past five years, so will he realistically come out of retirement and feature in the upcoming T20 World Cup? Quite a wild thought that the 42-year-old will think on those lines despite his good form with the bat in the backend of the innings. But ex-cricketers Irfan Pathan and Varun Aaron floated the ‘wild’ idea.
“We could see a wildcard entry in India’s T20 World Cup squad… MS Dhoni,” Aaron told Star Sports.
“Actually, it’s the wildest card.” That is when Pathan chipped in and echoed the sentiments of a million Indian cricket fans. Pathan said: “If he says he wants to play the T20 World Cup, no one will deny him that chance. It may not happen, but no one will mind, no one will have a problem with it. The guy is batting so well.”
In eight matches this season, Dhoni has not been dismissed even once and hence he does not have an average. The ex-CSK captain has amassed 91 runs at a surreal strike rate of 260. He also clobbered Hardik Pandya for hattrick of sixes in the final over at the Wankhede stadium.
Having won all ICC trophies, Dhoni is easily the best to have led India in a cricket game.
India’s Predicted Squad:
Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill/Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Rishabh Pant/MS Dhoni (WK), Ravi Bishnoi