Some jealous people waiting to see end of Dhoni's career: Shastri

Kolkata: Calling MS Dhoni an ultimate team man, Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri on Thursday said that some "jealous" people want him to have a couple of bad days as they are waiting to see his international career come to an end.

"Looks like there are a lot of jealous people around, who just want Dhoni to have a couple of bad days.... There are a few people who are waiting to see the end of M. S. Dhoni. But great players like him decide their own future," Shastri said in an interview.

He said the Indian team knew well Dhoni's worth and the criticism against the dashing wicketkeeper-batsman made no difference to them.

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"It (the criticism) doesn't make a difference to me. In our mind we know where Dhoni stands within the team. He is an ultimate team-man. He was a great leader and now an ultimate team-man."

In a dig at some former cricketers and experts who were critical of Dhoni now and have suggested he be dropped from the T20 side, he said: "Not so long ago I used to do television and people used to ask me questions. You need to answer questions to make a show happen.

"Dhoni is a superstar. He is one of our greatest cricketers. So he is always going to be a great topic. He is always going to be a topic because he is a legend. When you have a career as glorious as that, you become a topic on television."

Shastri pointed out that Dhoni, who has retired from Test cricket, has averaged over 65 in One Day Internationals over the last one year and helped India win matches in Sri Lanka and against Australia at home in the last series only.

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