Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur Commends MS Dhoni’s Legacy as BCCI Retires His Jersey: A Tribute to a Cricket Icon’s Inspiring Era

On cricketer MS Dhoni’s jersey being retired by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur says, “Mahendra Singh Dhoni has earned crores of fans during his career. Be it IPL or Indian Cricket, from 2007 to 2011, from T20 to ODI World Cup to Test Championship, Mahendra Singh Dhoni made the Indian cricket team the number one team. After watching him, many people took inspiration and started playing cricket. Hopefully, in the future also many such players will come who will surpass Dhoni.”