7 cricketers who might retire after the 2019 World Cup

These seven cricketers have achieved everything there is in international cricket and deserve a final swansong at 2019 World Cup.

MS DHONI (INDIA)

MS DHONI | GettyPerhaps one of the greatest captains in ODI history, 2011 World cup winning captain MS Dhoni is 37 years old and more or less plays his final ODI tournament in 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.

Dhoni, who retired from Tests in 2014, recently played his 300th ODI and completed 10,000 runs in the format. He averages 51.25 with a best of 183* and 10 centuries to his name from 321 ODIs.

Despite displaying that his reflexes behind and in front of stumps have not reduced with age, Dhoni has battled dip in form from time to time and his hitting abilities have waned significantly, so much that, India has started to rely on other finishers to do the job.

Dhoni took India to the semi-finals of the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, will definitely want to go out on a high in 2019 World Cup, by winning the trophy. As Virat Kohli had revealed that the 2011 World Cup’s motto for the entire Indian team was to ‘win it for Sachin Tendulkar’, the 2019 World Cup’s motto should be ‘win it for MS Dhoni’ and send off one of the greatest Indian cricketers into the sunset with glory.   

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 27 Aug, 2018

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