“You do miss his presence” – Kuldeep Yadav About MS Dhoni

Published 03/06/2020, 2:11 AM EST

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MS Dhoni’s absence from the Indian cricket team is not only heartbreaking but is becoming the talk of the cricket industry as well. Following the semi-finals of World Cup 2019, MS Dhoni took a sabbatical to train with the Army.

Team India misses MS Dhoni

Recently, Kuldeep Yadav voiced how the entire Indian team truly misses practising with the former team captain. He says that a player such as MS Dhoni brings with him a multitude of experience which helps the other team players grow. Even though Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul are good keepers, Dhoni’s absence from the field is not possible to dismiss.

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Mahi bhai obviously brings a lot of experience with him and he has given the Indian team a lot. So when a player like that is not playing, of course, you miss him. Both (Rahul and Pant) are keeping well so it has not made too much of a difference, but yes, you do miss his presence.”

KL Rahul takes the spotlight

On the other hand, Kuldeep Yadav applauds KL Rahul by saying that both his keeping and batting abilities benefit the team. However, the days that he doesn’t perform, it is important to have his back instead of putting him down.

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Every player has their good days and bad days and it’s important to back them when they have bad ones. It’s not that you play for one day, there are lots of days in a year for cricket.”

Remigrating to Dhoni’s topic, even though he hasn’t played any competitive events since the 2019 World Cup semis, he will be leading Chennai Super Kings at IPL 2020.

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In fact, Dhoni is already in Chennai where he is practising with the rest of the team. A number of his fans are gathering around the stadium to watch their “Thala” play.

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