MS Dhoni opens about his Retirement rumors

Breaking his silence for the first time on retirement talks, MS Dhoni dismissed the reports as rumours and also took a jibe at his critics by saying that a lot of people wanted him to retire before India's next World Cup game against Sri Lanka at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday. Dhoni came under severe criticism for his approach in India's last few World Cup games.

Former India cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly pointed fingers at Dhoni's 'lack of intent' in the match against England, which India lost by 31 runs. Dhoni and Jadhav had scored only at a run-a-ball when the required rate was touching 13 runs per over in the last 5 overs.

Despite a lot of criticism from various quarters, Dhoni was received the backing from India's team management including captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma.

On Friday, ahead of Indias final group stage match against Sri Lanka, Dhoni, as per the report, said he has no plans of retiring anytime soon however he was certain that some people wanted him to leave before the Sri Lanka match.

"I don't know when I will retire. But a lot of people want me to retire before tomorrow's game," Dhoni told to media.