Published: Feb 22, 2017, 02:49 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 22, 2017, 02:49 PM (IST)
MS Dhoni, who is currently having some off time from national duty, seems to be enjoying his days in old ways. Dhoni is a cricketer who never goes off from the headlines. Off the field or on the field, Dhoni is always in the news. Recently, he made headlines when his current IPL franchise Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) replaced him as captain with Australia’s Steven Smith. But the captaincy bit has not left India’s most successful skipper despite him stepping down as national skipper. Dhoni will now lead his state side Jharkhand in the One-Day team for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, which is India’s premium One-Day tournament. ALSO READ: No more captaincy for MS Dhoni in IPL: End of another era
Currently, Dhoni is spending his off time with the Jharkhand team and on Wednesday, he posted a classic picture of him with the team while travelling. Dhoni can easily afford flight or anything, which can make his travel more comfortable but he decided to travel along with his team in a train. Dhoni and co were travelling to Kolkata for their first match in Vijay Hazare Trophy against Karnataka, which will be played on February 25 at Eden Gardens Stadium.
The team will remain in Kolkata to play the second match, which will take place on the next day on February 26 against Chhattisgarh and the third match at Kalyani against Services. In the previous season of Vijay Hazare Trophy, Dhoni played under Varun Aaron‘s captaincy for Jharkhand.
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Dhoni was seen mentoring the side during the entire Ranji Trophy 2016-17 season; in which the team reached to semis for the first time. Also, it will be interesting to see whether Dhoni will keep wickets of he will let Ishan Kishan do the job.
