NEW DELHI – Former Indian captain MS Dhoni announced on Saturday that he is’unavailable’ for Indian team’s tour of West Indies after eminent rageabout his performance at the World Cup came afloat.
Instead, Dhoni said he will render his army regiment duties during thattime.
A top BCCI official confirmed that the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in theParachute Regiment of the Territorial Army will spend the next two monthswith his regiment.
“Dhoni has made himself unavailable for the tour of West Indies as he willbe spending two months with his paramilitary regiment,” the official toldPTI.
The official however told that Dhoni is not retiring from cricket for now.
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“We would like to say three things. He is not retiring from cricket rightnow. He is taking a two month sabbatical to serve his paramilitary regimentwhich he had committed much earlier,” he said.
“We have now intimated his decision to skipper Virat Kohli and chairman ofselectors MSK Prasad,” the senior official added.
