{"id":22096,"date":"2025-04-05T16:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T11:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=585068"},"modified":"2025-04-05T16:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T11:10:58","slug":"netizens-believe-ms-dhonis-sunglasses-hinted-a-retirement-announcement-know-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/netizens-believe-ms-dhonis-sunglasses-hinted-a-retirement-announcement-know-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Netizens believe MS Dhoni\u2019s sunglasses hinted a retirement announcement \u2013 Know More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MS Dhoni may not have said a word about retiring, but the internet believes he\u2019s already dropped a big hint \u2014 through his sunglasses. Ahead of Chennai Super Kings\u2019 IPL 2025 clash against Delhi Capitals at Chepauk, Dhoni was spotted wearing the exact same style of sunglasses he donned during his final international match for India.<\/p>\n<p>The resemblance didn\u2019t go unnoticed. Social media erupted with emotional tributes, with one fan writing, \u201cDhoni saab played his last international game with these sunglasses.\u201d The visuals from today\u2019s pre-match scenes in Chennai drew immediate comparisons with that 2019 farewell from international cricket.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dhoni saab played his last international game with this sunglasses.\ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bS0poQXJOf\">pic.twitter.com\/bS0poQXJOf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Muhammad Ali Jinnah (@saveyourstumps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saveyourstumps\/status\/1908447949945716755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Adding fuel to the speculation, Dhoni\u2019s parents were spotted in the stands \u2014 a rare and emotional moment. Their presence has only deepened fans\u2019 belief that a major announcement could be on the cards tonight.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Dhoni has hinted at a grand Chennai farewell. During CSK\u2019s IPL victory celebration in 2021, Dhoni had said:<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cI have always planned my cricket. The last game I played was in Ranchi. The last me game in ODI was at my hometown in Ranchi. So, hopefully, my last T20 will be in Chennai. Whether it\u2019s next year or in 5 years\u2019 time, we don\u2019t really know.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With sentiment, visuals, and a full Chepauk house watching closely, fans are bracing for what could be an iconic chapter in Dhoni\u2019s legendary career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MS Dhoni may not have said a word about retiring, but the internet believes he\u2019s already dropped a big hint\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[69,506],"class_list":["post-22096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-ms-dhoni","tag-ms-dhoni-retirement"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22096","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\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}