Published 11:27 IST, April 27th 2020
Ashish Nehra echoes Harbhajan Singh's prediction of MS Dhoni never playing for India again
MS Dhoni's former Team India and CSK teammate Ashish Nehra does not think that the star batsman will return in the blue jersey for his country. Read more.
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Former Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra has w become ar player who has predicted that MS Dhoni's time with Team India is over. MS Dhoni last played for country in 2019 World Cup semi-final that India lost. Since n, Dhoni has been away from game and was t even offered a central contract by BCCI. He was supposed to captain CSK in IPL 2020.
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Former teammate Ashish Nehra feels that MS Dhoni's Team India career is over
Former India and CSK pacer Ashish Nehra recently talked to Telegraph India about MS Dhoni's career and his opinion on future of Indian legend. Ashish Nehra, who won 2011 World Cup under Dhoni and has also played with him at CSK, reflected that if it was upto him, he would still choose MS Dhoni as India's .1 wicketkeeper. However, citing his bond with MS Dhoni over year, Ashish Nehra claimed that Dhoni will somehow t end up returning to Indian team.
Nehra addded that he felt that it is ridiculous to blame Dhoni's form for his "retirement" as he was consistent for team and doing what was needed of him even when he was playing. Nehra also added that India has had permanent replacement after Dhoni's departure.
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Ashish Nehra's views echo with those of Harbhajan Singh
Nehra's views come in after MS Dhoni's CSK teammate Harbhajan Singh also recently shared his views on Dhoni's retirement. Harbhajan Singh was on an Instagram Live with Rohit Sharma when he explained that he did t feel that Dhoni would want to wear India jersey again. However, Ashish Nehra also did t completely rule out chance of an MS Dhoni return and said that legend may pull off a surprise as one never kws with former India captain seeing way he thinks.
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Harbhajan Singh's CSK stint delayed
Harbhajan Singh was supposed to join MS Dhoni at CSK camp for IPL 2020. However, due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic, tournament has been suspended until furr tice. Players like Piyush Chawla and Sam Curran were also supposed to join CSK in 2020.
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11:27 IST, April 27th 2020