Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a true son of Indian soil as he retired from Test cricket after 3 Tests in Australia as we have the tests series in India with the visiting teams.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni timed his retirement to perfection. A man from peninsula country retired both as Captain and Player on Australian soil, the soil that did not want to see him asCaptain declaring firmly that now he plays only one day cricket reminding people of the unrecorded innings that BBC missed in the 1983 World Cup that was reflected in the scorecard down at the bottom.

In his final Test match Mahendra Singh Dhoni paid a tribute to Sachin Tendulkar who played cricket for 24 years by scoring and staying unbeaten on 24 and reminding people that from now on he plays only one day cricket that was reflected in the teams total.

Since Modi's Mumbai sign-off, much commentary has been focused on the brand-dilution potential inherent in its scandals. MS Dhoni doesn't think we should worry: 'IPL as a brand can survive on its own.' Shilpa Shetty, 'brand ambassador' of the Rajasthan Royals, tweets that we should: 'Custodians of Cricket must not hamper d Brandvalue of this viable sport.' Hampering d Brandvalue, insists new IPL boss Chirayu Amin, is the furthest thing from his mind: 'IPL's brand image is strong and nobody can touch that.' Harsha Bhogle, however, frets for the nation: 'Within the cricket world, Brand India will take a hit.'

Not much more than a week after Modi's first tell-all tweets, the media was anxiously consulting Brand Finance's managing director, Unni Krishnan. Had there been any brand dilution yet? It was, said the soothsayer gravely, 'too early to say'. He could, however, confirm the following: 'The wealth that can be created by the brand is going to be substantially significant for many stakeholders. A conducive ecosystem has to be created to move the brand to the next level… We have to build the requisite bandwidth to monetise these opportunities.' Er, yeah… what he said. Anyway, placing a value on the IPL brand has clearly been quite beneficial to Brand Finance's brand.

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