Showing his cool and calm nature once again, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s has peacefully played down criticism and calls for his retirement from T20 Internationals. Former fast bowler Ajit Agarkar along with few former India cricketers, recently raised questions about Dhoni’s T20 future, creating quite a storm in the country’s cricketing circles. But despite facing the flak, Dhoni said that he was not too affected by the harsh criticism and insisted that people were entitled to their opinions.
“Everybody has views in life and it should be respected,” Dhoni was quoted as saying by Khaleej Times.
“It is representing the country which is the best motivation for me because we play cricket for only a span of time. You can play for one year to 15 years, some play 20 years, but in the life span, let’s say you live for 70 years, 10 to 15 years is nothing and that’s the only time you can proudly say that I’m representing my country. The biggest motivation is being part of the Indian cricket team,” he said.
“I always feel you have to believe in your abilities and out of the 10 games, if you are winning six or seven that way, then it is the right thing to do. And I’ve always believed in the fact that process is more important than the result, so, I’ve not thought about the result, I’ve always thought about what is the right thing to do at that time, when it is 10 runs needed, 14 runs needed or five runs needed. So, I’ve always been engrossed with the process that I never took that burden of what if the result doesn’t go my way. At the end of the day, once the match gets over, if I look into the mirror and honestly say that I tried my best, then I can accept the result,” explained Dhoni.
