Champions Trophy success will determine whether Dhoni can go till WC 2019: Childhood coach

FORMER INDIA SKIPPER MS Dhoni’s childhood coach Keshav Banerjee believes that performance in the upcoming Champions Trophy in England will determine whether Dhoni will go until the World Cup 2019.

During a launch of a U-14 cricket tournament, Banerjee told PTI, 

“At the moment, his sole focus is on the Champions Trophy. If he’s successful there, I think he would go on till the World Cup 2019. It’s natural that with age, you would not hit the same strike rate. But his will power and game-analysing sense are the two qualities that make him special. He’s out there playing domestic one-dayers (Vijay Hazare Trophy) to keep himself in shape ahead of the Champions Trophy.”

Speaking about the wicketkeeper batsman's shocking Test retirement during India tour of Australia in 2014, Banerjee said,

“He never liked to be pushed so he called it quits before anyone could point fingers at him in the Tests format. He never kept anyone in the loop, even his best friend or parents did not know when he quit Tests.”

Banerjee also divulged that he was unhappy with the way Dhoni was removed as skipper of Rising Pune Supergiants ahead of IPL 2017,

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