Dhoni has not played any competitive cricket after India's World Cup 2019 campaign.
Last month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the central contract list for the 2020-21 season. While most of the names featuring in the list were on expected lines, there was one notable omission in the chart as well.
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MS Dhoni, who hasn’t played international cricket ever since India’s ouster from World Cup 2019, was not named in any of the categories. Since then, there has been a debate over the veteran wicketkeeper’s immediate cricket future.
Amid the speculations, former IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla on Friday (February 14) said Dhoni still has a lot of cricketing career left and he only can decide when to hang up his boots.
"Dhoni is a great cricketer and there is a lot more cricket left in him. But, he has to decide when he should take retirement," Shukla told reporters.
"The BCCI has a policy in place that a cricketer has to take a call on when to take retirement," he added.
Dhoni had called time on his Test career back in December 2014 while he stepped down as India's limited-overs skipper in January 2017. The 38-year-old is set to be back in action in the IPL 2020, where he will lead three-time champions Chennai Super Kings.
(With PTI inputs)