Legendary Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar reckons that MS Dhoni should be left alone. He also insisted that the veteran’s value to the team cannot be calculated despite the lack of consistency. Dhoni proved his worth with a match-winning half-century against Australia in the second one-dayer in Adelaide, even hitting one of those trademark last-over sixes. The well-timed knock eased the pressure he has been under due to inconsistent form.

During a chat with India Today, Gavaskar said, “My prayer is to please leave the gentleman alone and he will continue to do well. He is also not getting younger. So, the consistency you might have at a younger age will obviously not be there and you have to bear with that.”

Currently, Dhoni’s Future is one of the most debated topics in Indian cricket right now but Gavaskar feels he deserves better. He said that people to bear with that little inconsistency as MS adds a lot of value to the team which cannot be calculated.

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Elaborating on what he thought makes Dhoni an important member, Gavaskar said the veteran wicket-keeper’s reading of the game and match situations is impeccable from behind the stumps. 

Gavaskar elaborated, “He keeps telling the bowlers to bowl a particular delivery, what a batsman is planning to do. He has a sense of what a batsman is thinking…What the batsman is looking to do now…is he looking to get out of jail kind of shot? These are the kind of things where Dhoni helps the bowlers and of course with the field placing because Virat Kohli is so important in the deep (as the fields outside 30-yard circle) in the final overs when he saves those two runs diving around, takes magnificent catches in the deep.”

Former Indian skipper also said that Kohli trust Dhoni’s assessment of situations. He explained that without Dhoni, Virat to may be able to have a conversation with the bowlers or to make adjustments to the square fielders.