‘Current Indian cricketers have been told not to pick Dhoni’s jersey number’: BCCI decides to retire iconic No.7
BCCI has reportedly informed the young Indian players that they can’t request for Dhoni’s No.7 jersey anymore. Tendulkar’s No.10 was off the list before.
After Sachin Tendulkar’s jersey No. 10, the BCCI has decideda to retire MS Dhoni’s No.7. In other words, jersey No.7 won’t be given to any other Indian cricketer going forward. Generally, a cricketer is allowed to choose his preferredjersey number before making his India debut. As per ICC rules, they are allowed to pick any number between 1 to 100but according to an Indian report, the BCCI has informed the young Indian players that they can’t request forthe No.7 jersey anymore. Tendulkar’s No. 10 was off the list in2017.
“The young players and current Indian team players have been told not to pick MS Dhoni’s Number 7 jersey. The BCCI has decided to retire Dhoni’s T-shirt for his contribution tothe game. A new player can’t get No. 7, and No. 10 was all ready off the list of available numbers,” a senior BCCI official was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.
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The decision comes three and a half years after Dhoni hung
his boots in August 2020. He. however. made his lastappearance wearing India’s jersey No.7 in the 2019 WorldCup semi-final against New Zealand in Manchester, England.
Dhoni would go down as one of the biggest names in Indiancricket. He is the only captain to have won all three ICCtournaments in the white-ball format
‘Number crunch’ in Indian cricket
The decision to retire jersey numbers however leaves theyoung Indian cricketers with very few options to choosefrom. As per the current set-up, only the jersey numbers ofthe retired cricketers are allowed to be picked by the new
ones coming in.
“At present, 60-odd numbers are designated to the regularsin the Indian team and those in contention. So even if a player is out of the team for about a year or so, we don’t give awayhis number to a new player. That means a recent debutanthas just 30-odd numbers to choose from.” another BCCl
official told Express.
The report adds that young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal wanted jersey No.19 but because Dinesh Karthik uses the same number and he is still not retired, the left-hander had to settle for No.64.
He led a young Indian side to victory in the inaugural 2007T20 World Cup in South Africa. Four years later, India’s 28year-long wait for an ODI World Cup ended when Dhoni hit that iconic six at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in the final of the 2011 World Cup against Sri Lanka. In 2013, Dhonialed India to the Champions Trophy title, which was also India’s last ICC title,
The talismanic cricketer from Ranchi, who continues to ply his trade as the captain of Chennai Super Kings in IPL, hasrepresented India in 90 Tests, 350 ODIs, and 98 T201s
scoring 4876., 10773, and 1617 runs respectively.
Dhoni also holds the record for most dismissals by an Indian keeper. He has 634 catches and 195 stumping to his credit, making him the third most successful wicketkeeper in the history of the game behind South Africa’s Mark Boucher and Australia’s Adam Gilchrist
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