Playing Good Cricket Is All That Matters: MS Dhoni's Honest Decision To Reject PR Requests

Dhoni, who entered the international cricket scene in 2004, revealed that many of his team managers suggested him to be more present on social media throughout his career. However, he remained firm in his decision to maintain a distance from it.

“I have never been a big fan of social media. Throughout, I have had so many managers and all of them keep pushing. I started playing in 2004; Twitter got popular later on, after which Instagram came in. All the managers told me, ‘you should do some PR, build this and build that’. I had the same answer that if you play good cricket, you don’t need PR,” Dhoni said on Eurogrip Tred Talks.

Dhoni led India in 60 Test matches, out of which they won 27 matches, lost 18 and drew 15. With a win percentage of 45.00, he is one of India's most successful skippers across all eras. He led Team India to the number one ranking in the ICC Test Rankings. He remains the only captain in history to have won all three ICC limited-overs titles - the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2011 ODI World Cup, and the2013 Champions Trophy. He captained India in 200 ODIs in which India stood victorious in 110 matches, lost 74 and drew five, forming a 55 per cent win percentage. In T20Is, Dhoni led India in 74 matches and guided the Men in Blue to 41 victories with a win percentage of 58.33 per cent.

MS Dhoni will return to action in IPL 2025

The 43-year-old will return to action in the next season of the Indian Premier League in the yellow colours of Chennai Super Kings. He was retained by the five-time champions via the new uncapped player rule for INR 4 crore. Apart from Dhoni, CSK managed to retain their core Indian players, including Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (INR 18 crore), and Shivam Dube (INR 12 crore). Meanwhile, they retained Matheesha Pathirana as the lone overseas star with an INR 13 crore contract.

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