Recently, there have been news doing the rounds that MS Dhoni will retire from all formats of international cricket after India’s World Cup 2019 campaign.
This news has left his fans devastated and all his fans are queuing up asking him not to call it a day. And now, amid all this, renowned singer Lata Mangeshkar urged former Indian skipper not to think about retirement as the country needs him at the moment.
Lata Mangeshkar requests MS Dhoni to not retire
The legendary singer took to Twitter and wrote, “Namaskar M S Dhoni ji.Aaj kal main sun rahi hun ke Aap retire hona chahte hain.Kripaya aap aisa mat sochiye.Desh ko aap ke khel ki zaroorat hai aur ye meri bhi request hai ki Retirement ka vichar bhi aap mann mein mat laayiye.@msdhoni (Hello, MS Dhoni ji. Of late, I have been hearing that you want to retire. Please don’t think that way. The country needs your game and it is my personal request too that you don’t think of retirement.)”
Namaskar M S Dhoni ji.Aaj kal main sun rahi hun ke Aap retire hona chahte hain.Kripaya aap aisa mat sochiye.Desh ko aap ke khel ki zaroorat hai aur ye meri bhi request hai ki Retirement ka vichar bhi aap mann mein mat laayiye.@msdhoni
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) July 11, 2019
Encouraging Team India after their loss, the singer dedicated the song Akash Ke Us Paar Bhi by Gulzar to the Men in Blue. She wrote, “Kal bhalehi hum jeet na paaye ho lekin hum haare nahi hain.Gulzar sahab ka cricket ke liye likha hua ye geet main hamari team ko dedicate karti hun (We might not have been able to win yesterday, but we have not lost. I dedicate this song by Gulzar sahab to our team).”
Kal bhalehi hum jeet na paaye ho lekin hum haare nahi hain.Gulzar sahab ka cricket ke liye likha hua ye geet main hamari team ko dedicate karti hun. https://t.co/pCOy7M1d1Y
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) July 11, 2019
Speculation is rife that MS Dhoni is about to bid adieu to playing cricket after India’s World Cup 2019 tournament. However, there is no official word on Dhoni retiring from the 50-over format of the game yet.
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Dhoni was left devasted when he was run out in the 49th over of India’s chase vs New Zealand in the World Cup 2019 semi-final in Manchester on Wednesday. For the umpteenth time in his career, Dhoni kept the hopes of India alive by helping the team recover from 92 for 6 in their chase of 240.