Won't grow my hair again, says Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Former India captain MS Dhoni has said he will not go back to his old long-haired look in the future. "I will never grow my hair again," Dhoni said when asked if he will change his hairstyle now that he is relieved of the leadership burden. The former skipper sported long, brown hair when he debuted in 2004.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who stepped down as India's limited-overs captain on January 4 after a trophy-laden nine-year reign, said he was ready to change his batting order according to the future requirements of the team but won't grow the billowing mane that once made him the cynosure of all eyes. (Virat Kohli's Team India will rewrite history, says MS Dhoni)Addressing his first press conference since stepping down as India's limited-overs captain, Dhoni, who rose from the cricketing backwaters of Jharkhand to lead the game's most passionately-followed team, said many things have changed over the years for him as a cricketer.CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO"As a cricketer, many things have changed for me since 2007. I debuted in 2004, was given the captaincy in 2007. If I see my journey since then, I had to change according to the team's needs. I started in the lower order then moved up the ladder. My batting order was never fixed. I used to get batting for 25-30 overs. However, it changed in the last few years."The top-order batsmen batted really well and I felt there was no explosive finisher at the lower order and due to that I was batting lower down the order. Over the years, I changed my batting order according to the team's requirements. I am ready to change my batting order according to the responsibility given to me in the times ahead," Dhoni said at the conference which was held in Pune ahead of India's first ODI against England on January 15. (Stepped down because split captaincy doesn't work in India: MS Dhoni)Dhoni, who led India to the inaugural World Twenty20 title in 2007, to the ICC World Cup in 2011 and lifted the ICC Champions Trophy in 2011, said he will never grow his hair again.