Even though MS Dhoni announced his retirement on August 15, 2020, people who witnessed India's World Cup semifinal loss to New Zealand on July 10, 2019, at the Old Trafford Cricket Stadium in Manchester, knew the time had come. You could tell that was the last time the world would see Dhoni in Indian colours by the way he walked the long way back to the changing room, face down the entire way, and the entire media box on its toes, cheering the great man. In one of the most spectacular farewells to a global and illustrious career, Dhoni failed to make a final stand after being out for fifty.
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