MS Dhoni is arguably India’s greatest-ever captain. Till date, he stays the one Indian captain to win all three ICC tournaments. Under him, India received the 2007 T20 World Cp, 2011 ODI World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy title. The 42-year-old made his final look for India towards New Zealand within the 2019 ICC World Cup semi-final in Manchester on July 10, 2019. While Dhoni introduced his official retirement on August 15, 2023, the previous India captain has revealed that he had determined to hold his boots after India misplaced to New Zealand within the semi-final, which was performed throughout two days on the Old Trafford.

“It gets difficult to control your emotions when you have lost a close game. And inside, I had made my entire planning. To me, that was the last day I played cricket for India. I took retirement a year later but the fact is that, that day I had retired. We cricketers are given certain machines and all of that. So everytime I went to the trainer I gave it back to him. He said ‘No you keep it. And in my mind, I am like ‘how do I tell him I won’t be needing or using it anymore’. I didn’t want to announce it at that point in time,” Dhoni stated throughout an occasion just lately.

Having served his nation for 15 years, Dhoni additional revealed that loads was happening his thoughts after he lastly made up his thoughts.

“You are high on emotions. The only thing you’ve done in the last 12-15 years is play cricket. And then there is no more chance of you representing the country. There are so many people but only few get that opportunity. And sportspersons, they have that. Irrespective of which sport you play, you are representing your country. Be it Commonwealth Games, Olympics. So once I quit cricket, there was no way I could do that. I could no longer bring any glory. All those things are going on in mind,” he added.

Q&A with @msdhoni

Question: Few days again Sanjay Bangar shared a tweet saying Dhoni, Rishabh and Hardik could not cease their tears. Is this true? pic.twitter.com/2Q9RQXz9Zb

— Yash Jadhav (@farzi_rtist) October 26, 2023

During the 2019 World Cup semi-final, Dhoni was primed to tug off one remaining end, however fell brief getting run out for 50.

As Dhoni was strolling again to the dressing room, together with his face down all the way in which up, followers throughout the globe knew that it was his remaining dance.

Earlier this yr, Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings to their fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) title.