Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be spending a lot more time with the Territorial Army now that he has retired, said friend and business partner Arun Pandey on Sunday. Pandey saw the retirement announcement coming after this year’s T20 World Cup, which was postponed to 2022 last month, but only Dhoni knew that it would come on Independence Day. The T20 World Cup postponement was surely a factor as he planned for it,” he said. Following the 2019 World Cup semifinal loss, he trained with the Parachute Regiment for more than a month. The T20 World Cup postponement was definitely a factor in his retirement.”The mega event, which was to take place in Australia in October-November, was moved to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: The Hindu August 16, 2020 12:22 UTC