Dhoni may continue to play till next World Cup.
By Dileep Thekkethil
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is under the scanner for answers to a journalist following India’s defeat to West Indies in the semi-finals of the World T20 tournament, in Mumbai, on Thursday.
When Ferris, an Australian journalist working for cricket.com.au, asked Dhoni whether he would consider it the best time for retirement, Captain Cool, who lost his cool during an earlier post-match press conference after winning the Bangladesh match, stunned reporters by calling Ferris onto the dais.
When Ferris sat beside Captain Cool on the live press conference. Dhoni almost seemed like he had practiced to deal with the particular question. The reporter was visibly shaken by the way the Indian captain responded to his question.
Dhoni literally made the reporter answer his own question. And at the end of the day, it seems like Dhoni has made a statement about the future of his career not through his voice but through the voice of a journalist.
Here’s how Dhoni’s unexpected reaction resulted in a conversation that has gone viral.
Ferris: MS, you have achieved almost everything. Do you look to continue playing after this tournament?
Dhoni: Come here, let’s have some fun. Please come here. Come, come, come…seriously! Yeah, come!
Do you want me to retire?
Ferris: No. That’s what I asked you.
Dhoni: I was hoping it was an Indian media guy, because I can’t really say if you have a brother or a son who can play for India.
Do you think I am unfit?
Ferris: No.
Dhoni: You have seen me running?
Ferris: Very fast.
Dhoni: Do you think I can survive till the 2019 World Cup?
Ferris: Yes, sure.
Dhoni: Then you have answered the question. Thank you, sir! I wish it was an Indian media guy, because then I would have asked if he has a son who is old enough and a wicketkeeper to play. He would have said ‘No’. Then I would have said maybe a brother who can play, who is a wicketkeeper. You fired the wrong ammunition at the wrong time.
Video of the press conference