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)