Indian chess wizard Viswanathan Anand praised the former Indian World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni. The 49-year-old Indian chess grandmaster believes that Dhoni has everything achieved in cricket career.
MS Dhoni is playing international cricket since December 2004. In his cricket career, India have achieved massive success in international cricket.
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Since the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Dhoni hasn’t made himself available for cricket yet. With the time progress, his international cricket retirement speculation is growing up. However, the BCCI members and the national selectors have constantly denied Dhoni’s retirement plan soon.
Viswanathan Anand has recently claimed that Dhoni knows the right decision for him. But the chess master has also added that the former Indian captain has nothing left to achieve in cricket.
Anand told PTI, “He knows what’s the right decision for him. But I think nothing is left behind or on the table for him.”
MS Dhoni had achieved everything which he had set out to achieve – Viswanathan Anand
MS Dhoni retired from Test cricket in December 2014. Later, he officially stepped down from the international captaincy in January 2017. However, the 38-year-old is still serving the national team in limited-overs formats.
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In his international career, MS Dhoni has achieved massive success in various roles. He is a great wicketkeeper, batsman-cum-finisher, captain etc. Under his captaincy, India won the ICC World T20 2007, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 and ICC Champions Trophy 2013. His leadership also put the national team on the no.1 position in the Test team rankings.
Talking about Dhoni’s success, Anand said, “He has a phenomenal fan following. Dhoni had achieved everything which he had set out to achieve. He has won India two World Cups (2007 World T20 and 2011 ODI World Cup) as captain. He has been a great captain. No one can decide (when to quit) better than him.”
Anand further added, “He is obviously in the best position to know what he wants to do. But if he quits, there’s nothing left for him to achieve. He has had a remarkable career.”
After the semifinal of CWC 2019, Dhoni missed out the entire limited-overs series against Windies in the USA and West Indies. During that time, he was busy to serve the Indian Army.
Many had hoped that Dhoni would return to the national team during the upcoming home T20I series against South Africa. However, once again, he has made himself unavailable for this series. Moreover, the 38-year-old hasn’t clarified his future plan.