AFP, New Delhi :
India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni fuelled retirement speculation on Tuesday after sharing his dream of becoming a painter, although his ambitions for a career change seemed far from serious.
The 37-year-old Dhoni, who is England-bound for the World Cup starting next week, displayed a few of what he said were his paintings in a video posted online on Monday.
“I wanted to share a secret with all of you. Right from when I was a kid I always wanted to become an artist,” Dhoni said in the video.
“So decided I have played a lot of cricket and it’s time for me to take up what I really wanted to become. And I started getting into painting.”
The wicketkeeper-batsman said that he would soon hold an art exhibition as he wants to pursue his painting career “very seriously”.
