MS Dhoni Was at Times Faster Than Any Pickpocket, Says Ravi Shastri
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Former Indian captain MS Dhoni has announced his retirement yesterday. After his retirement, the cricket fraternity has started congratulating him for his second innings in life. However, India coach Ravi Shastri has said that he is faster than the best pickpockets as wicketkeeper and a cricketer who changed the game for all times to come.
MS Dhoni who informed the world about his retirement by posting "consider me retired" on his Instagram page, has left everyone surprised as well as shocked. Dhoni is the two-time World Cup-winner and the only captain to win all three ICC trophies.
"This man is second to none. And coming from where he did he changed cricket for all times to come. And his beauty is he did it in all formats," Shastri told 'India Today'.
"For me what stood out was his stumpings and his run-outs. He had such fast hands that he was at times faster than any pickpocket," he further added.
While talking about MS Dhoni's achievements, Shastri said that despite creating an enviable legacy, Dhoni's calm behaviour made him different from others.
"T20 - he has won a World Cup and multiple IPL titles. 50 overs - he has won a World Cup. Test cricket- he has taken India to the number one position in the world. Played 90 Test matches," he shared.
"And he always took life as it came. From his days in Kharagpur to his days as an Indian cricketer, he was always in the moment. And in retirement also he has moved on. "As I said he is second to none," he told.
However, the former cricketer further said that MS Dhoni set the bar so high in wicketkeeping despite not being a "natural". "In any list of cricket's greatest, not greats but the greatest, you have to include this man," he signed off.
MS Dhoni last featured for India in July 2019 in the semi-final of ICC World Cup against New Zealand where the team has lost and their hope to win the title as well.
