Chennai Super Kings bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni's uniqueness lies in his ability to "remain detached" despite constant scrutiny and speculations around his career. Moments after announcing his international retirement on Instagram on August 15, Dhoni walked up to the former India pacer, discussed a few things and left. But Balaji remained oblivious to Indian cricket's biggest story of the day.

"After practice gets over, I normally talk a lot to Dhoni about the wicket, about practising and playing conditions. That day, I finished practice and I went inside. I did not realise that he had already put his retirement message at 7:29 pm."