BCCI has finally announced that the jersey number 7 will not be available further for any Indian players. This jersey belongs to the Indian legend MS Dhoni.
Dhoni retired from international cricket on 15th August 2020 and it has been three years since he took this decision, but now the officials have confirmed the news about the retirement of jersey number also as a tribute to him. Earlier Sachin Tendulkar’s jersey number which is 10 was retired from the team as a tribute to him given by BCCI.
Therefore from now onwards no jersey number 7 and 10 will be seen in the Indian dugout. According to Indian Express a BCCI official said, “The young and current Indian team players have been told not to pick MS Dhoni’s Number 7 jersey. The BCCI has decided to retire MS’s T-shirt for his contribution to the game. A new player can’t get number 7 and number 10 was already off the list of available numbers.”
MS contribution to the team has been recognised worldwide. Under his leadership the team won the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 and then later on won the 2011 World Cup which was played in Indian subcontinent and then in 2013 he grabbed the Champions Trophy and in that Champions Trophy team remains unbeaten through the tournament and also won their practice matches.
Now he is playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) where he won the last 2023 season after defeating Gujarat Titans in the finals. It was also his 5th title. CSK has released 8 players and retained 19 players. They have a purse value of 31.4 crores left and will be seen in the auction on 19th December.