NEW DELHI – Has legendary cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to retirefrom one day international format of the game as well? Speculations aboutthe same are rife after the former skipper was seen taking the ball fromthe umpire after the end of series against England on Tuesday.

As a video of Dhoni taking the ball from the umpire appeared on socialmedia, it was widely circulated and cricket fans reacted in shock, fearingthat the firebrand batsman-wicketkeeper would soon call it a day. Severalfans requested Dhoni to not take any such decision.

Notably, during the India-England series, Dhoni became the only player toenter 10,000 ODI runs club with an average of more than 50. He also becamethe third fastest Indian to enter the club after Sachin Tendulkar andSourav Ganguly.

He achieved the feat during the Lord’s ODI, which was won by England.However, Dhoni faced sharp criticism for his slow batting in the match.Dhoni had scored 37 off 59 balls.

Dhoni, the most successful Indian captain so far, had announced hisretirement from the Test format of the game on December 30, 2014. Thedecision came as a shock for his fans as Dhoni made the announcement in themiddle of a series in Australia.

The announcement was made through a release from the Board of Control forCricket in India (BCCI). The statement by the BCCI had said, “One ofIndia’s greatest Test captains under whose leadership India became the No.1 team in the test rankings, MS Dhoni, has decided to retire from Testcricket citing the strain of playing all formats of cricket. BCCI, whilerespecting the decision of MS Dhoni to retire from Test cricket, wishes tothank him for his enormous contribution to Test cricket and the laurelsthat he has brought to India.”