FILE PHOTO: Cricket - India v England - Third T20 International - M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India - 01/02/17. India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni plays a shot. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
(Reuters) - India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni will not hesitate to take time off before World Cup if his niggling back problem worsens during the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), the stumper-batsman has said.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Dhoni missed last week's defeat by Sunrisers Hyderabad due to a back spasm and the 37-year-old is unwilling to risk a serious injury that could rule him out of the World Cup starting in England and Wales on May 30.
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