Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a beloved of Indians everywhere; particularly cricket-lovers. He is a player who always pulls off a great performance just when the nay-sayers want to write him off. His amazing staying power is one of the reasons why rumours of Dhoni’s retirement keep surfacing every now and again. Recently, retirement rumours were once again rife on Twitter.
News reports and other social media posts got the retirement rumour started yet again.
Fans were sad
Then there were those who were angry at the very idea of Dhoni retiring.
Detractors think it’s about time.
There may be others who are happy with the news felt some of the tweeple.
There were those who fell for the rumours.
Fans were very defensive of Dhoni. They don’t want him to retire and if he must retire he should be free to do so in his own time, they feel.
Some were just confused at how many times this rumour keeps coming up.
Some refused to believe the rumour.
Dhoni fans really hate it when detractors suggest that it may be time for him to retire or when they speculate about his impending retirement.
Some fans simply asked the ‘haters’ to ‘shut up’.
Stop this silly Twitter trend said fans.
Many fans were so upset with the #DhoniRetires hashtag that they started to trend another hashtag of their own.
Fans feel that it is difficult to predict Dhoni’s moves and that we should not try to.
Some fans think of Dhoni as Kohli’s mentor/guide and as such necessary for the team.
What do you get out of spreading these false rumours asked some of the pained fans.
For fans, Dhoni can do no wrong. According to them, there is a lot of cricket left in him; and this is certainly not the time for him to retire.
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