In the Cricket community, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known as one of the coolest cricketers of all time. However, you might be shocked to see a reply of Dhoni to a fan on Twitter a few years ago. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is arguably the best captain of Indian Cricket Team in limited-overs of cricket. Under his leadership, India has won all the ICC tournaments. No other captain of Indian Cricket Team has been able to achieve this feat except MS Dhoni.
As we all know, with more success a huge number of people will start to follow your footsteps. However, a certain portion of people will start to dislike you too for this huge success. The same thing happened with Mahendra Singh Dhoni. After winning the World Cup in 2011, he had become the iconic figure in Indian Cricket. However, after that India lost a Test series in England with a margin of 4-0.
The whitewash had certainly raised few questions over Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy in Test Cricket. After the Cricket World Cup of 2011 in India, the next World Cup was scheduled in Australia. According to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian Cricket Team would have needed a young squad to field well in the big grounds of Australia. That’s why, Mahendra Singh Dhoni had to take a harsh decision to axe the senior players like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir from the squad gradually.
The cricket analysts divide Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy for Indian Cricket Team into two phases. The first phase is from the T20 World Cup in 2007 to the 50 overs World Cup win in 2011. The second phase is the post-2011 World Cup phase.
What MS Dhoni Told The Fan?
In the second phase, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s success rate as captain is not as high as the first phase. Few of his decisions also did not impress Indian Cricket fans in this phase. According to some people, Mahendra Singh Dhoni had become a bit of arrogant after the World Cup win.
One of the fans in Twitter reminded Mahendra Singh Dhoni that he had some haters too. The fan who Tweeted it was the biggest hater of him. In the reply, Mahendra Singh said, “Well you may not like me but hate is a very strong word to be used anyways it is your choice so I will not complain.”
@ishangodbole well u may not like me but hate is a very strong word to be used anyways its ur choice so I won’t complain
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) July 17, 2012
It is very much difficult for a person to resist himself after seeing so many hate comments on social media. Though, Mahendra Singh Dhoni replied with a sweet gesture.
What Next For The Former Indian Captain?
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s future in International cricket is now at stake. The former captain of Team India has not played a single match for his country after the defeat in the semifinal against New Zealand in the World Cup.
The upcoming Indian Premier League season is going to be important for MS Dhoni as it will certainly give his fans an idea about his future. It will be a treat for the fans to witness Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the cricket field again after a long time.
