4 reasons why MS Dhoni should retire from international cricket

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His low strike-rate

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Dhoni of the earlier era could come to the crease and start hammering the ball from the word go, but with age, he has started using up extra balls to get settled. At times, this is hurting India, by the time Dhoni gets to the groove it becomes a tad too late.

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In 2018, from 15 matches, his strike rate is a paltry 67.21. At a time when T20 is ruling cricket, the dwindling strike rate of Dhoni is not helping the team's cause.

Although we did see some blistering innings from him in IPL 2018 for CSK, the same has not transformed to the international cricket from him. His supporters have long enough waited for that Dhoni, who scored his highest score of 183 against Sri Lanka, or the 148 he scored against Pakistan coming out at number 3 and belting them all across the ground. How badly we do miss those innings from him!

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Edited by Vignesh Ananthasubramanian
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