Two of the greatest servants of Indian cricket, MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina caught everyone off-guard by bidding farewell to international cricket on Independence Day 2020 (August 15). Several speculations and theories were doing rounds as fans were guessing why the legendary duo chose the same day to announce retirement. In a recent interaction, however, Raina spilled the beans over the decision and revealed why he and Dhoni broke the news on India슬롯사이트™s 74th Independence Day. The southpaw said that as the combination of his and Dhoni슬롯사이트™s jersey number makes 73 (Dhoni슬롯사이트™s 7 & Raina슬롯사이트™s 3) and Indians were celebrating 73 years of freedom on that day.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천MS Dhoni Announces Retirement from International Cricket, Likely to Continue Playing in IPL.

슬롯사이트œWe had already made up our minds to retire on Saturday (August 15). Dhoni슬롯사이트™s jersey number is 7 and mine is 3 슬롯사이트� put it together and it makes 73. And on August 15, India completed 73 years of independence, so there couldn슬롯사이트™t have been a better day,슬롯사이트� Raina told Dainik Jagran.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천After MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina Announces Retirement from International Cricket.

The 33-year-old also said that he and Dhoni played alongside each other for the majority of their career and have retired together. However, they슬롯사이트™ll continue to play for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Indian Premier League (IPL).

슬롯사이트œDhoni began his career on 23 December 2004 against Bangladesh in Chittagong (now Chattogram), while I made my debut on 30 July, 2005 against Sri Lanka in 2005. Both of us almost began together in international cricket, remained together at CSK, and so we now retired together and will continue to play in IPL together.슬롯사이트�슬롯 머신 사이트 추천MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina Announce Retirement From International Cricket: 144 vs England and Other Match-Winning Partnerships by the Legendary Duo.

Dhoni, 39, didn슬롯사이트™t play any professional game after India슬롯사이트™s exit in 2019 World Cup and his retirement was on the cards. However, Raina surprised everyone with his decision as he슬롯사이트™s just 33 and was even eyeing a comeback in the national team.

Nevertheless, the duo will be next seen in action during the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League which is set to get underway on September 19 in UAE.

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