Indian Cricket Fans were excited when India’s 15-man squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup was announced. Social media users lost their cool after Ravichandran Ashwin shared spin responsibilities with Ravindra Jadeja. The pair has been given two more partners in the form of Axar Patel and Rahul Chahar. However, the news that set the social space on fire was the return of the former India captain M S Dhoni For the team, not as a player but as a mentor to the Men in Blue for the upcoming World Cup.
After India’s loss against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup semi-final, cricket fans were getting restless to see Dhoni in the blue jersey. But after being away from the field for a year, the legendary wicketkeeper-batsman let everyone down when he took the wraps off his international career. Now, two years later, Dhoni is back as a guide for Virat Kohli & Co in the World Cup. Under Dhoni’s guidance, the World Cup team is looking stronger than ever. This news has filled Indian cricket fans with excitement that cannot be measured.
Meanwhile, former India opener Wasim Jaffer, who is known for his jokes on social media with former English player Michael Vaughan, came up with a hilarious meme to represent Dhoni’s entry into the dressing room. Sharing a famous Rajinikanth film in the caption titled Shivaji The Boss, he wrote, “MS Dhoni after making a surprise entry into the Indian dressing room.”
BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) secretary Jay Shah revealed on 8 September that he had spoken to Dhoni about being a mentor to the Indian team for the upcoming T20 World Cup. He also mentioned that the current team is on the same page regarding the management decision.
India’s squad for T20 World Cup looks like this — Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah , Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd Shami, Rahul Chahar, Axar Patel, and Varun Chakravarthy. Along with this, Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, and Deepak Chahar have been selected as standby players.
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