MS Dhoni stopped his international cricket career in the year 2020. He is then seen playing only in IPL, where CSK gave him a salary of Rs 4 crore to play in 2025 seasons. According to media reports, Dhoni’s net worth is more than Rs 1000 crore. There are many through their earnings, but BCCI gives pension to retired cricketers. So does Dhoni also get the benefit of this pension?

Do MS Dhoni get pension?

The Board of Control for Cricket in India made changes in the pension scheme in the year 2022, under which the amount of pension received by the retired players was increased. This pension is given keeping in mind many aspects, in which the length of the career is also one. Former first-class players get a pension of 30 thousand rupees per month. At the same time, former Test players get a pension of 60 thousand rupees. Since MS Dhoni has played more than 25 Test matches for India, he has achieved many big achievements in his career. Therefore, they get a pension of Rs 70,000 per month.

Women cricketers also get pension. Indian players, who have played international cricket, get a pension of Rs 52,500. At the same time, former first-class cricket bounds get a pension of Rs 45,000 per month.

MS Dhoni’s career

MS Dhoni ended his international career starting in 2004 in the year 2020. During this time he became the captain of Team India and under his captaincy, Team India won the 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 ODI World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy. He held the record for the most stumping (195) in wicketkeeping. Dhoni scored 17,266 runs in his 538 matches international career, including 16 centuries and 108 half -centuries.

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On August 15, India was liberated from the British rule, since then every year this day is celebrated as Independence Day. This is a special day in Indian history, but in the cricket world, this day is also remembered because of MS Dhoni. On 15 August 2020, MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket. In this post, he mentioned 1929, which reflects time. But why did Dhoni retire at 7.29 pm in the evening?

The year was 2020, when the corona epidemic had an impact on every area and people were forced to be imprisoned in homes. The IPL was also postponed, which was then played in UAE. After the information about the IPL schedule, all the teams started their preparations, all the players of Chennai Super Kings including MS Dhoni gathered in Chennai before going to UAE.

On August 15, MS Dhoni shared a video from the team camp, announcing the retirement. There were some memorable photos of Dhoni in the video, singing in the background (Main Pal Do Pal Hoon) was playing. This post disappointed all the fans, everyone was also surprised as to why he suddenly retired. Dhoni wrote in his post, “Thank you very much for your love and support. Consider me retired from 1929.”

What does 1929 mean in MS Dhoni’s retirement post?

In MS Dhoni’s post, 1929 means time, which is 7 to 29 minutes (19.29) minutes. At this time, MS Dhoni posted retirement. But why chose this time? This question does not happen if Dhoni himself does not write this time in his post. So whom is this time connected to?

Why did MS Dhoni retire at 7.29 am?

Many perceptions about this went viral on social media. One is that MS Dhoni played his last international match in the semi -finals of the 2019 World Cup, this match ended at this time. Although we saw in ESPN Cricinfo, the match ended at 7.26 am. If this is close to it, it may be that at 7.29 MS Dhoni stepped out of the field and noted this time.

The second reason went viral that on August 15, the last sunset in India was held at 1929, so Dhoni chose this time. He wanted to draw a line like going to sunset. His way of writing his time was also like the army, which reflects their love for their army. Dhoni had chosen the day of 15 August very thoughtfully.

Suresh Raina also retired soon after MS Dhoni’s post

Disappointed fans were surprised by MS Dhoni’s retirement post when Suresh Raina also announced his retirement from international cricket after some time. Raina was present at the CSK camp with Dhoni at this time, which was about to leave for Dubai.

Suresh Raina, while announcing his retirement, shared a photo sitting with MS Dhoni and other players. He wrote, “MS Dhoni was a very pleasant experience to play with you. With full pride, I want to join you in this journey. Thank you India. Jai Hind!

MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina were of what age were at the time of retirement

MS Dhoni was 37 years old at the time of retirement. When Suresh Raina retired from international cricket, he was only 31 years old. Right now Raina is 38 and Dhoni 44 years old.