Ravi Shastri, head coach of Indian cricket team recently spoke about Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s chances of getting back to national squad. In an interview with News18 Shastri mentioned that he has a good chance of making to the Indian team for the T20 World Cup in Australia this year.
Shastri on Dhoni’s comeback
Dhoni was last seen for any competitive cricket was in India’s semi-final defeat to New Zealand in the ICC World Cup semi-final in the middle of 2019. Since then, Dhoni has been out of action without making any comment on his return. His appearance, social media posts often gave birth to a number of rumours but nothing fruitful has been publicised by former Indian captain.
No matter what one of the most successful Indian team captains always stays in headlines. Recently an interview of Ravi Shastri once again threw limelight on Dhoni who believes that Dhoni could be interested in playing T20 cricket. Shastri mentioned about Dhoni finishing his 50over ventures and focusing on the shortest version. “He’s finished [with] Test match cricket, in all probability he’ll finish one-day cricket. At his age, I think probably the only format that he would want to play is T20 cricket. Which means, he’ll need to start playing again, get into the groove. [He’s] definitely going to play the IPL, We’ll see how his body reacts.”
Dhoni’s IPL stint to be scanned
Shastri earlier hinted that Dhoni’s IPL performance will be under scrutiny if the finest finisher in contemporary cricket wants to make international comeback. “It all depends on when he starts playing and how he is playing during the IPL.What are other people doing with the wicket-keeping gloves or what is the form of those players as opposed to Dhoni’s form. The IPL becomes a massive tournament because that could be the last tournament after which more or less your 15 players (for the T20 World Cup) are decided.”
The fans who are eagerly waiting for Dhoni to play cricket again are now counting days for Indian Premier League where Mahi will be leading Chennai Super Kings again.