MS Dhoni’s retirement: End of an epoch in Indian cricket!
BY ADMIN PUBLISHED October 28, 2020, UPDATED January 13, 2023
Sports are an essential part of our life. It teaches us how to stay strong and healthy, and tests our physical abilities. Usually, when going in for sports, we compete with other people in order to get some entertainment. At the same time, physical exercises bring a bunch of great benefits for participants. All kinds of sports can bring strong physical health, great team abilities, and strong organizational skills. The physiological and physical advantages obtained within sports activities result in enriched physical stamina and improved reflexes.
World’s No.1 professional tennis player, Billie Jean King once said: “Sports teach you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose – it teaches you about life. “All life lessons could be learnt while playing sports. I have personally played badminton, one of the many things that I am adroit at. It is a sport that has always kept me on toes and has taught me how to work as a team and be selfless. Badminton is not just a sport to me but more like a life lesson where it has taught me about teamwork and character, while respecting, honouring and disciplining myself. I have played other sports as well and what I have learnt from sports is that resilience and perseverance are two qualities that are a must have in a leader, and all these have been inculcated in me through the years through the games I have played. Thus, knowing and experiencing the importance of sports.
Therefore, sports are the seed for the overall development of one’s personality. The importance of sports should never be underestimated. It should be given due importance at par with education and career.
With that being said, nearly 400 days since he played his last match for India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has retired from international cricket, putting to an end both a storied career and months of speculation on his future. Dhoni made this announcement via an Instagram post on Saturday, a day that marked India’s Independence Day, with the following message, “Thanks a lot for your love and support throughout from 1929 hrs. consider me as Retired,” the caption of the post read, which also contained a slideshow of images from his dazzling decade-and-a-half spell with the Indian cricket team, which he championed in several roles—as India’s most illustrious captain, distinguished wicketkeeper and also as one of the most destructive batsman the world has ever seen.
In between that shaky start and end, Dhoni’s storyline had the mythical narrative of a Bollywood movie (of which one has indeed been made). He had a cricket-crazy nation starved of consistent success eating out of his hands, first with the bat, then with his gloves and most definitely with his leadership. He also transcended the game, becoming a cultural icon, an emblem of small-town of India making it to the top of the world.
Swar Vohra
XI- SCIENCE
