Dhoni is a legend, great players like him decide their own future, says Shastri

INDIA COACH Ravi Shastri has thrown his weight behind MS Dhoni and reckoned that great players like him decide their own future. 

A bunch of former players have hinted that India should try out younger players in place of Dhoni. However, skipper Virat Kohli and Shastri believe that Dhoni is the right man for the job. As quoted by Anandabazar Patrika, Shastri said,

“Looks like there are a lot of jealous people around, who just want Dhoni to have a couple of bad days…. There are a few people who are waiting to see the end of MS Dhoni. But great players like him decide their own future.”

The former India team director also labeled Dhoni as the ‘ultimate team man’.

“It (the criticism) doesn’t make a difference to me. In our mind we know where Dhoni stands within the team. He is an ultimate team man. He was a great leader and now an ultimate team man.”

After retiring from the Test format in 2014, Dhoni has remained the man behind the stumps in T20I and ODIs. Shastri believes that the Ranchi-lad’s performance is a topic of discussion on television because of his superstar-like figure.

“Not so long ago I used to do television and people used to ask me questions. You need to answer questions to make a show happen. Dhoni is a superstar. He is one of our greatest cricketers. So he is always going to be a great topic. He is always going to be a topic because he is a legend. When you have a career as glorious as that, you become a topic on television.”
 

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