Mahendra Singh Dhoni has refused to play Jharkhand’s Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-finals against Maharashtra despite the national selection committee chairman MSK Prasad’s public announcement of him playing the game.
Dhoni, who has been in poor form for India over the last couple of months, was expected to play the game at the M. Chinnaswamy in Bengaluru but Jharkhand coach Rajiv Kumar told reporters that MSD has declined to play the game because he feels it is unfair to join the team and affect the team balance.
“Dhoni feels that it would not be fair for him to join us at this stage, given that the team has done so well and reached the quarter-final stage in his absence. He does not want to upset the team balance,” Jharkhand coach Kumar said.
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