His analysis of things is faster on the field and off the field too. After the loss of India in knockout stages of 2015 world cup and his failure to deliver as a batsman, there were some outrages against him, that he should be given less burden now, and should be allowed to play freely and a bit up the order. Dhoni assessed this situation too very quickly and rightly gave up the captaincy in 2016. In his speech, he mentioned that he thought there was someone better available to lead the team from a different front and no doubt this has given India yet another strong captain who leads the team by examples. Sunil Gavaskar on Dhoni's retirement from captaincy said: "I would have been protesting in front of his house if he would have retired from the game then".
Records are meant to be broken, people are meant to age and erode, ideologies live forever and names are meant to be praised. Dhoni may have had something in his mind for his retirement from international cricket, but I think this time he has been a little late to deliver the final shot. As has been career in past few years, taking it deep doesn't always help, last overs don't always fetch you 36 runs. Now that he himself has opted out of the series against West Indies, it is unlikely to predict if he would continue further, have a game at his home ground as a farewell match, or he simply will walk off silently with a wry smile as has always done. Mahi! If there is a surprise again this time, expectations aside, it has to be huge so as to cover up the coarse days that have passed.
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