However, this edition of Hazare Trophy will only commence from February 25 — nearly four weeks after the England ODI series has ended. While some of the other ODI specialists are playing Ranji Trophy for their states, Dhoni is yet to avail that option.
With BCCI’s embargo on players from competing in the other private leagues, it was not possible for the Indian captain to play a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match. The Jharkhand team has qualified for the knock-out stages of the Ranji Trophy but till date Dhoni has not given any indication that he would like to play as pure batsman with Ishan Kishan keeping wickets.
“We have no information as to whether Dhoni will be playing any Ranji Trophy game or not. In any case he has already retired from the longer format. The information we have is that he is doing his regular training with the Jharkhand team,” chairman of senior selection committee MSK Prasad told today.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
