Following India vs England 3rd One-Day International, which the latter won, MS Dhoni was seen taking the match ball from the umpire. As the former captain took the ball with him to the dressing room, it sparked rumours of his retirement. At this moment there is nothing substantial, but one cannot rule out Dhoni’s retirement. Dhoni is known to pull out shock retirements. The way he retired from Test cricket and later resigned as limited-overs captain gives us an indication that he may not take part in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 next year and retire from limited-overs cricket soon.

Players often take the match ball or stump with them as a part of souvenir whenever they do well in that particular game or when it is their last match. For Dhoni, who scored 42 off 66 balls, it was an ordinary outing and thus keeping the match ball suggests that the former captain is considering retirement. Ind vs ENg 3rd ODI full scorecard.

Dhoni recently, during second India vs England ODI, become the fourth Indian batsman to score 10,000 runs in ODIs as he joined Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Rahul Dravid. He also became the second wicketkeeper after Kumar Sangakkara to achieve the feat.

Here's the video of the MS Dhoni taking the ball from umpires:

Meanwhile, India slumped to eight-wicket defeat in the third and final ODI against England at Headingley. The visitors managed to score 256 for eight in their 50 overs. England later chased down the target with Joe Root scoring an unbeaten 100. Eoin Morgan also finished unbeaten as he slammed 88 to guide England to 2-1 series win. The two teams will now horns in five-match Test series, starting August 01.

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