A Quote by MS Dhoni
I resigned from captaincy because I wanted the new captain to get enough time for preparing a team before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
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When I was kid I always wanted to be either the captain of the England cricket team or I wanted to be a river bailiff.
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