Dhoni changed his jersey number: Indian cricket team legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni has changed his jersey number.

New Delhi: For the last two decades, number 7 in Indian cricket meant only one name, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The emotions of crores of fans were attached to the number 7 jersey of former legendary captain Dhoni. Whenever Team India won a match or Dhoni went somewhere to watch the match, fans would start making their own unique combination of his jersey number. There have been countless such tales and stories related to the number 7 jersey, but now the era of the number 7 jersey is over because Dhoni has changed his jersey number.

Actually, Dhoni has informed the fans about his new jersey number by sharing a short video on his Facebook account just before the start of the Indian Premier League 2026. Dhoni will now wear jersey number 8 instead of 7 on the field. Sharing this information, Dhoni wrote in a post on his social media, “Some numbers are always associated with you, 7 is also one such number, but today I am changing my number to 8. You will soon know why I am doing this.”

BCCI has retired jersey number 7

There have been many cricketers in the world whose jersey has had its own identity. Same thing happens with Dhoni also. Dhoni once told why he chose jersey number 7 only. Actually, Dhoni was born on 7 July 1981. The subtraction of the last 2 digits of the year is also 7, so it is easy to remember this. For this reason he has kept the jersey number 7.

At the same time, BCCI has also retired Dhoni's number 7 jersey. In such a situation, it is clear that in future no player will be able to wear the number 7 jersey in the Indian team. Now the fans will also be waiting to know why he has changed his jersey number from 7 to 8.