Team India has crashed out of the World Cup after losing to New Zealand in the first semi-final of the World Cup 2019. It lost to New Zealand by 18 runs in the semi-finals and also shattered India's dream of winning the World Cup for the third time. The World Cup was a very good performance by Team India and at the same time, it was reported that Mahendra Singh Dhoni could take retirement. Now, there is Javed Akhtar's statement.

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Javed Akhtar tweeted about Dhoni and said, "Middle Order as Batman and wicketkeeper Dhoni is completely trustworthy and responsible. Virat also gladly admits that Dhoni's understanding of the game is always beneficial for the team and anyone can see that he still has a lot of cricket. So why also talk about their retirement?"

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There is no statement from Dhoni on his retirement, but rumours are in full swing these days. Before Javed Akhtar, Lata Mangeshkar had also expressed her feelings about Dhoni's retirement and said in her tweet, "Hello MS Dhoniji, nowadays I am hearing that you want to retire, please don't think you need your game, the country needs your game and that's my Also, the request is that you don't even bring the idea of retirement to mind," she said.

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