MS Dhoni, who resigned from Test cricket in 2014, probably won’t perceive any Indian player wear his pullover No. 7 when the No.1-positioned group starts its World Test Championship battle against the West Indies with two-Test arrangement, beginning on August 22 in Antigua. As indicated by news office PTI, the majority of the Indian players will pick their constrained overs shirt numbers. A senior BCCI authority disclosed to PTI that there was “next to no shot that any of the players will wear” MS Dhoni’s pullover in Test cricket.
“Virat is required to wear 18 while Rohit wears 45. The greater part of the players will wear their separate ODI and T20 numbers. Since MS is never again playing Test cricket, pullover No.7 is accessible however there is almost no opportunity that any of the players will wear it,” the BCCI authority told PTI.
“Individuals relate pullover No. 7 with MS. The relegation of numbered shirts will just touch base in Caribbean simply after ODI arrangement,” he included.
Sachin Tendulkar’s renowned pullover No.10 has just been “informally resigned” by the BCCI from white ball cricket after pacer Shardul Thakur wore it quickly and was intensely trolled via web-based networking media.
While no Indian players wears the No.10 pullover as a characteristic of regard for Tendulkar’s awesome accomplishments, there is a solid plausibility that shirt No.7 worn by Dhoni in restricted overs will likewise not be utilized in the Test position.
While a shirt can’t be resigned authoritatively, the BCCI may reflect on a move as Dhoni’s stature in Indian cricket is such and they likewise have the Thakur trolling episode on the back of their brains.
Dhoni, who has been playing restricted overs internationals since 2015, has taken a two-month vacation to serve the Parachute Regiment under the Territorial Army where he is an Honorary Lieutenant Colonel.
The Ashes, beginning August 1, will be the primary reciprocal under the World title pennant. It will likewise be the main such arrangement where players will have pullover numbers.
The move by ICC is a push to promote the game and help fans associate better with the players.
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