After returning from army duty, MS Dhoni dons the politician role

A lot has been said about MS Dhoni in recent times. Especially, after India was knocked out of the World Cup in England, many speculated for him to retire from international cricket. Even as a lot of reports kept coming through, the veteran decided to take a break from the game and made himself unavailable for the West Indies tour much to everyone’s surprise. Dhoni served the Indian Army in Kashmir for close to 15 days and recently returned after completing his stint.

Meanwhile, MS Dhoni’s new look has gone viral and the fans are going crazy over it. It is politician-like look from India’s wicketkeeper-batsman for a shoot in Mumbai and the pictures of the same have gone viral. Dhoni could be seen joining his hands like a politician and interestingly, his hoardings have been created.

Here’s Dhoni’s new look:

Speculation about Dhoni’s future

Meanwhile, even as MS Dhoni is shooting for a few commercials, the speculations over his immediate international future grow. The Indian team will be playing the two-match Test series against the Windies starting on Thursday. It will be the start of the World Test Championship for them. However, soon after the series, they will be hosting South Africa to start the home season.

India will play three T20Is and as many Tests against the Proteas and the veteran might have to take a decision on his limited-overs career ahead of the series. The T20I leg of the tour starts on September 15 and it will be interesting to see if MS Dhoni calls it quits in the next couple of weeks.

India will also play hosts to Bangladesh and West Indies during their home season as they build the team towards the T20 World Cup to be played in Australia next year.

Here are some of the reactions over Dhoni’s new look:

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