Sachin Tendulkar was not impressed with MS Dhoni’s approach during India and Afghanistan’s World Cup clash. The former Indian skipper played one of the slowest innings of his ODI career and this is what irked Sachin.
“I felt slightly disappointed, it could have been much better. I was also not happy with the partnership between Kedar and Dhoni, it was very slow. We batted 34 overs of spin bowling and scored 119 runs. This was one area where we didn’t look comfortable at all. There was no positive intent,” Tendulkar told India Today, via Firstpost.
“There were more than 2-3 dot balls. After Virat got out in the 38th over and till the 45th over we hadn’t scored many runs. There were not enough outings for the middle order batsmen till now and that put pressure on them. But the intent could have been much better by the middle order batsmen,” he said.
Tendulkar’s statement on Dhoni’s batting was not taken sportingly by latter’s fans.
With all due respect, @sachin_rt Sir, everybody seen that pitch was reacting very slowly and ball was not coming to the bat properly. I am not saying that dhoni played very well but i must say again that nobody can teach what is @msdhoni‘s job and how to do it. #CWC19 #INDvAFG
— A 2.0 ?? ? (@AStrangeSoul) June 24, 2019
I respect Sachin too much to counter him but in this case he’s wrong. At one point even Sachin was a liability for the team. dhoni’s in the team for his precious decision making abilities at crucial moments and extraordinary wk skills apart from batting. I can go on and on.
— rohit ranjan روہت (@rht_ranjan) June 24, 2019
A great legend criticises M.S.Dhoni for his slow innings against Afghanistan
Watch your statistics Sachin Tendulkar
You may be a legend but MSDhoni is god of cricket#SachinTendulkar #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/WI0RjukxyB— harshchavda (@harshchavda45) June 24, 2019
Mumbaikars have always been anti Dhoni. be it Sachin, gavaskar, manjrekar all of them don’t like Dhoni. may be the epicenter of cricket has been shifted from Mumbai to rest of India that hurts these guys. Dhoni is a legend & he will bounce back.
— Rajan singh (@Rajansi74877574) June 23, 2019
For me Dhoni>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sachin ?
Admit or die??
— SANIA(Am sorry Aman??)??✨✨ (@Twinklingsania) June 24, 2019
1) audience watching
MS Dhoni : The untold story2) audience watching
Sachin: A billion dreams pic.twitter.com/FybWGp9m17— Neeche Se Topper (@NeecheSeTopper) June 24, 2019
The same man that won you the World Cup which you couldn’t win in your whole career with one of the best Indian players around. Sachin acting like he was some big hitter, man used to struggle in his 90s. Someone should pull up his strike rate when he’s been in the 90s??♂️ #Dhoni? pic.twitter.com/hCVQ5aBI9h
— Nim (@Nirmal_A) June 24, 2019