Recently, Captain cool MSD announced his retirement from international cricket, which broke many hearts of his fans as well as his former teammates. Several cricketers are taking to social media to pay tribute to the cricketing legend. Dhoni’s former teammate and India spinner R Ashwin also did the same and released a video on his YouTube channel “Reminisce with Ash”. In this video, Ashwin spoke about the moment when Dhoni had called a quit from the traditional format of the game in Australia. Dhoni, who is also known as ‘Captain Cool’, failed to remain calm and Ashwin along with Suresh Raina and Ishant Sharma saw the wicketkeeper-batsman in tears after his decision.
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“I remember when he retired from Test cricket in 2014, I was batting with him to save the match in Melbourne, but once we lost, he simply picked up a stump and walked off saying he’s done. It was quite an emotional moment for him. Ishant Sharma, Suresh Raina and I were sitting in his room that evening. He was still wearing his Test match jersey through the entire night and he shed a few tears as well," Ashwin was quoted saying in the video.
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Ashwin also noted that after playing with Dhoni for Chennai Super Kings, he realized his leadership skills. “I first met him as a net bowler during an India-West Indies ODI at Chepauk. And then when I joined Chennai Super Kings in 2008, I got to work with him and learn a lot. He had that long hair when I met him earlier but then after spending time with him at CSK I realized what a mature leader he was,” he was quoted saying.
