Sakshi after MS Dhoni's retirement from international cricket: Sure that you must have held back your tears
After MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday, wife Sakshi came up with a heartwarming post, saying people will never forget how the former captain made them feel.
In Short
- MS Dhoni announced his retirement in a social media post on Saturday
- Sakshi said MS Dhoni should be proud of what he had achieved
- I am sure you must have held those tears to say goodbye to your passion: Sakshi Dhoni
The nation's was very happy and celebrating India's 74th Independence Day on Saturday, PM Narendra Modi had given an 86-minute speech in the morning, things were just going normally when the unexpected news broke out from nowhere.
India's 39-year-old former captain MS Dhoni announced his retirement at 7.29 PM in the evening. He wrote, "From 1929 hrs consider me as retired." That was it!! He broke the internet and billion hearts. India most successful captain had brought end to a year long speculation with just few words and a video, which showed his journey.
Reactions and wishes started pouring in for one of the biggest legends of the game. Fans, former players, current players went berserk. Majority of the tweets were emotional but one which stole the show was from MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi herself. She talked about the tears of 'Captain Cool' and she was sure of it.
Sakshi said MS Dhoni, should be proud of his achievements and that people will forget everything about him but not how he "made them feel". The words just looked so real, so many memories came rushing in front of the eyes!!
"You should be proud of what you have achieved. Congratulations on giving your best to the game.I am proud of your accomplishments and the person you are! I am sure you must have held those tears to say goodbye to your passion. Wishing you health, happiness and wonderful things ahead! #thankyoumsd #proud
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel — Maya Angelou," Sakshi Dhoni wrote on Instagram.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar also reacted to MS Dhoni's retirement and opined that the postponement of T20 World Cup must have played a key role in the now former wicket-keeper batsman's decision.
"I think he might have been waiting to see how he performed in the IPL 2020, if the IPL 2020 was to be held in March April. Even now, I think he was waiting to see if the T20 World Cup was going to be held in October-November," Sunil Gavaskar told India Today.
"And once he found out that ICC T20 World Cup has been postponed, that's when he realised there is no point hanging around, and that's why I think he has announced his retirement," he added.
MS Dhoni played 538 international games for India, scoring 17,266 runs from them. In his 90 Test matches he scored 4876 runs, averaging just over 38. He donned the blues in ODIs on 350 occasions and amassed 10,773 runs (one of the 5 batsman from India to score over 10,000 ODI runs) in it. In the T20 format Dhoni scored 1282 runs in 98 matches.