More than a year after he last played a competitive match – the semifinal of last year’s World Cup between India and New Zealand, Dhoni announced his retirement on Saturday. Chahal admitted that without Dhoni, wrist spinners such as him and Kuldeep Yadav couldn’t have flourished. Also Read | How Sachin Tendulkar convinced BCCI to pick Dhoni as India captain“Dhoni’s retirement was very shocking news. I think Corona also played a role in this decision, otherwise Dhoni would have played T20 World Cup,” Chahal said in News18 India’s special program Chaupal. Otherwise, when Dhoni was not there, we would take two overs to understand the pitch,” he said.

Source: Hindustan Times August 18, 2020 18:11 UTC