MS Dhoni Was Always Emotionally Detached from Results, Says VVS Laxman
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Former India captain MS Dhoni has recently announced his retirement from international cricket. Ever since he announced that cricket fraternity has started paying their tribute to him. However, former India teammate and batsman VVS Laxman has said that Dhoni can be emotionally detached from results as well.
From his ice-cool nature on the field to become the first as well as the only captain to have won all the ICC trophies, Dhoni has done everything and announced his retirement through an Instagram post which left the cricketing world stunned.
"…I always felt that captaining the Indian team is probably the toughest challenge for anyone, you know, because there's so much of expectations from everyone around the world. But MS Dhoni has always been emotionally detached from the results," Laxman told on Star Sports' Cricket Connected show.
"The way he has inspired millions of Indians, not only the sports fans but millions of Indians on how to conduct and how to become an ambassador of your country, how to carry yourself in the public domain. And that's why he's so respected," he further added.
However, VVS Laxman has said that the former wicket-keeper batsman has certainly set an example for the youngsters.
"Love comes from the cricketing fans for your cricketing achievements, but respect comes by the way you have conducted yourself, by the way, you carried yourself," he said. "When you see social media posts, it's not only from the former players or the cricketing fans, it's from all the Indians, whether you take film stars, socialites, esteemed businessmen, politicians.”
"Around the world, all the former cricketers, all the cricketing fraternity have thanked MS Dhoni for his contribution, not to Indian cricket, but world cricket," Laxman concluded.
