Virat Kohli took to Twitter to share a photo his archives of India's triumph over Australia in the World T20 2016 when Virat partnered with MS Dhoni which led to speculations about Dhoni's retirement.
Here's the tweet made by Virat Kohli that sparked Dhoni's retirement rumours:
A game I can never forget. Special night. This man, made me run like in a fitness test ? @msdhoni ?? pic.twitter.com/pzkr5zn4pG
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 12, 2019
The tweetstorm that came in after led to #Dhoni trending on Twitter. Here are some of the tweets about Dhoni's retirement:
It's respect for his idol, not a hint of retirement. Please stop it all, never bring #Dhoni and retire word together.??7⃣ https://t.co/paLtbjrDLf
— MS Dhoni 7⃣ (@WeAreDhoni) September 12, 2019
After rumor of #Dhoni retirement spreading everywhere
— Adv. Ashutosh J Dubey ?? (@iamashu123) September 12, 2019
Me: pic.twitter.com/exXkuL96lh
Thank you @SaakshiSRawat
— Shashank shekher (@imsshekher) September 12, 2019
❤️❤️❤️#Dhoni #DhoniInBillionHearts https://t.co/mUzOy1Opau
Not 7oday. ??
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) September 12, 2019
Media : when will you Retire?#Dhoni : pic.twitter.com/67EzXgUraE
— Prashant (@prashant_7_) September 12, 2019
How many love❤ and retweets for mahi bhai..
— Nishant Raj (@nishant4_king) September 12, 2019
A kind of satisfaction you get, when you come to know it was all rumors.
???@msdhoni @SaakshiSRawat#Dhoni pic.twitter.com/MRe82H5pcA
Can any other celebrity send an entire country in a frenzy without even saying anything?#Dhoni https://t.co/tsEZ7qLUME
— Rupin Kale (@Vegansportlover) September 12, 2019
What do we say to the haters ? ??♥️ #Dhoni #DhoniInBillionHearts #DhoniRetirement pic.twitter.com/fxnQkpaE3I
— saravanan nagarajan (@saravann96) September 12, 2019
Soon after Dhoni's wife, Sakshi Singh Dhoni also tweeted to shut down all rumours:
Its called rumours !
— Sakshi Singh ??❤️ (@SaakshiSRawat) September 12, 2019
Of course, Jofra Archer also tweeted about this back in 2016!
You cannot retire Bigman ?
— Jofra Archer (@JofraArcher) February 20, 2016