BCCI HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI’S JERSEY NUMBER 7. THIS HONOR HAS BEEN GIVEN AFTER RETURNING TENDULKAR’S JERSEY NUMBER 10. DHONI PLAYED 90 TESTS 350 ODLS AND 98 T20s FOR INDIA. AFTER THE GREAT SACHIN TENDULKAR’S JERSEY NUMBER 10 BCCI HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE MS DHONI’S NUMBER 7 JERSEY.
IN ONE LINE JERSEY NUMBER 7 WILL NOT BE GIVEN TO ANY OTHER INDIAN CRICKETER GENERALLY A CRICKET IS GIVEN THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE HIS PREFERRED JERSEY NUMBER BEFORE DEBUTING FOR INDIA. AS PER ICC RULES, THEY ALLOW THE PLAYER TO CHOOSE ANY NUMBER BUT NOW THE WEIGHTAGE.
THIS DECISION CAME THREE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER DHONI RETIRED IN AUGUST 2020. HOWEVER, HE LAST WORE INDIA JERSEY NUMBER 7 INT THE 2019 WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL AGAINST NEW ZEALAND IN MANCHESTERS ENGLAND. DHONI WILL BE KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES OF INDIAN CRICKET. HE IS THE BIGGEST NAME OF INDIAN CRICKET. HE IS THE ONLY CAPTAIN TO WIN 3 ICC TOURNAMENTS IN THE WHITE BALL FORMAT.
DHONI THE GREAT CAPTION WON THREE ICC TROPHIES. HE LED A YOUNG INDIAN TEAM TO VICTORY IN THE INAUGURAL 2007 T20 WORLD CUP IN SOUTH AFRICA FOUR YEARS LATER INDIA’S 28 YEARS WAIT ENDED WITH THAT ICONIC SIX BY DHONI IN THE 2011 WORLD CUP FINAL AGAINST SRILANKA AT THE WANKHEDE STADIUM IN MUMBAI. IN 2013 DHONI LED INDIA TO THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY TITLE WHICH WAS ALSO INDIA’S LAST ICC TITLE.
AFTER SACHIN TENDULKAR MS DHONI GOT THE HONOR ACCORDING TO AREPORT IN INDIAN EXPRESS BCCI HAS INFORMED THE YOUNG INDIAN PIAYERS THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER REQUEST THE NUMBER 7 JERSEY.