{"id":1206,"date":"2020-08-17T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T06:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=34489"},"modified":"2020-08-17T13:12:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T07:42:46","slug":"post-cricket-will-dhoni-step-into-polictics-details-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/post-cricket-will-dhoni-step-into-polictics-details-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"Post cricket, will Dhoni step into politics? \u2013 Details inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soon after former India captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from international cricket, many political leaders suggested him of getting into politics.<\/p>\n<p>BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on twitter said that MS Dhoni has demonstrated inspiring leadership skills in cricket and the same is needed in public life. Advising the cricketer to be a future politician, he tweeted, \u201d M. S. Dhoni is retiring from Cricket but not from anything else. His talent-to be able to fight against odds and his inspiring leadership of a team that he has demonstrated in cricket is needed in public life. He should fight in LS General Elections in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">M. S. Dhoni is retiring from Cricket but not from anything else. His talent-to be able to fight against odds and  his inspiring leadership of a team that he has demonstrated in cricket is needed in public life. He should fight in LS General Elections in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/1294853435934699521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Union home minister Amit Shah conveyed best wishes and appreciated the cricket legend\u2019s captaincy in his twitter post. Another prominent BJP leader Smriti Irani mentioned on Dhoni\u2019s retirement and thanked him for his magical contribution to the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msdhoni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@msdhoni<\/a> has mesmerized millions through his unique style of cricket. I hope he will continue to contribute towards strengthening Indian cricket in the times to come. Best wishes for his future endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>World cricket will miss the helicopter shots, Mahi!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amit Shah (@AmitShah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah\/status\/1294660357106016257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for the magic <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dhoni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dhoni<\/a> \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BQ8f3cqF9m\">pic.twitter.com\/BQ8f3cqF9m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smritiirani\/status\/1294644507858866177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some speculate that MS Dhoni might join the Bhartiya Janata Party BJP and become the party\u2019s face in his home state Jharkhand. This thought got more revealing as many BJP leaders commented on Dhoni\u2019s retirement from international and wished him luck towards making a political career.<\/p>\n<p>However, politicians from other parties have also congratulated the successful captain and wished to reach the pinnacle in new endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi\u2019s deputy CM Manish Sisodia Twitted, \u201cWho would want Mahendra Singh Dhoni to retire from international cricket? We just wanted to see Captain Cool playing even more. But once Captain Cool has decided, good luck in life!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0915\u094c\u0928 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0915\u093f \u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0915\u0947\u091f \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0939\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u0927\u094b\u0928\u0940 \u0938\u0902\u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0938 \u0932\u0947\u0902? \u0939\u092e \u0924\u094b \u0905\u092d\u0940 \u0915\u0948\u092a\u094d\u091f\u0928 \u0915\u0942\u0932 \u0915\u094b \u0916\u0947\u0932\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0914\u0930 \u092d\u0940 \u0915\u092e\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0925\u0947\u0964 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u091c\u092c \u0915\u0948\u092a\u094d\u091f\u0928 \u0915\u0942\u0932 \u0928\u0947 \u092b\u0948\u0938\u0932\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0939\u0940 \u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e, \u0924\u094b \u091c\u0940\u0935\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u090a\u0902\u091a\u093e\u0907\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0924\u0915 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0936\u0941\u092d\u0915\u093e\u092e\u0928\u093e\u090f\u0902!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msisodia\/status\/1294655419760037889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Senior Congress leader and scholar Shashi Tharoor mentioned in his tweet that Dhoni has left a stamp on Indian cricket that defined an era.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So sorry to hear that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/msdhoni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#msdhoni<\/a> retired half an hour ago. A true giant of the game, India's finest wicketkeeper-batsman & a transformative captain, he left a stamp on Indian cricket that defined an era. March on, Dhoniji. There will be other peaks to climb. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y4r8FBCO92\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y4r8FBCO92<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShashiTharoor\/status\/1294646477726167041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soon after former India captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from international cricket, many political leaders suggested him of getting into\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":24334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[156,170,505,135,69,165,261],"class_list":["post-1206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-amit-shah","tag-bjp","tag-dhoni-retires","tag-mahendra-singh-dhoni","tag-ms-dhoni","tag-smriti-irani","tag-subramanian-swamy"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}