Former India captain MS Dhoni was left out of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) player contracts for India’s senior men’s team. Dhoni last represented India in the 2019 Cricket World Cup. After the tournament, Dhoni went on a sabbatical and did not feature in India’s limited-overs assignments. The World Cup-winning captain was also not named in India’s squad for New Zealand tour recently. MS Dhoni Left Out of BCCI's Annual Players Contract List Amid Retirement Rumours.
Rumours have been doing the rounds that Dhoni is set to retire from international cricket. Now with BCCI leaving the wicket-keeper batsman out of the annual contracts has further triggered his retirement speculations. Meanwhile, once the news of Dhoni’s exclusion from the contract list broke out, fans came up with funny memes and jokes. Here are some reactions. BCCI Announces Annual Player Retainership 2019-20, Check Full List of Players Awarded Contract.
Has he?
On being asked about his retirement DHONI : #ThankYouDhoni pic.twitter.com/zkdr1jLcWQ
— Prashant Pratap Singh (@pps21april) January 16, 2020
Chronology Samajhiye
1) Dhoni plays last ODI in India at home with army cap
2) World cup fail
3) Out of BCCI contract
4) Struggle in IPL to make it into T20WC
5) Retirement #ThankYouDhoni#MSDhoni#Dhoni#BCCI#MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/qDSpqlJdYq
— Deepak Maurya (@Deepak640xl_) January 16, 2020
Sad news coming?
Dhoni retirement incoming pic.twitter.com/ufB3eU2iMD
— Hamid (@mai_b_Engineer_) January 16, 2020
Emotions
#BCCI: M S Dhoni has been left out of New Annual Player Contract List for 2019-20 season.
People of India:#ThankYouDhoni #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/5Y5iyNfS0A
— Dr Raul Vinci (@DrRaulVinci) January 16, 2020
Team India head coach Ravi Shastri recently in an interview said that Dhoni could soon end his ODI career soon. Shastri, however, was clear that if the former Indian captain has a good Indian Premier League (IPL) season, then he will be considered for the T20 World Cup to be held in October-November 2020. Dhoni in 2014 retired from Tests and since then has been playing only limited-overs cricket.
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