That captain cool MS Dhoni had a special facet, like all regular human being, isn’t any secret to cricket followers anymore. An in any other case calm as a cucumber Dhoni didn’t masks his anger when issues received out of hand, whether or not it was his teammates or the opponent. Former India batter Ambati Rayudu revealed as soon as such an incident when Dhoni, after being irritated by Rayudu’s mood throughout IPL 2019, gave him an ultimatum.
It was a easy but agency message: focus in your batting and management your anger. Chennai Tremendous Kings, the crew that Rayudu represented then (Dhoni nonetheless does) within the IPL, may sick afford dropping extra Truthful Play factors for participant behaviour.
Rayudu, who scored 1932 runs for CSK in 90 matches between 2018 and 2023, mentioned Dhoni would usually pull him up for his unhealthy mood and say that he was like a cat on a scorching tin roof. “Typically, Mahi bhai would inform me — identical to a tin roof heats up shortly, I additionally are inclined to lose my cool shortly,” Rayudu mentioned on JioHotstar present ‘Cheeky Singles.’
The previous India batter mentioned Dhoni would get indignant and advise him to maintain his arms down if he would complain a couple of non-wide name. We’d level out to the umpire {that a} supply was vast or a no-ball, and he would at all times inform me, ‘Simply deal with batting, don’t increase your hand. I don’t need to lose Truthful Play factors due to you’,” Rayudu added.
Rayudu, nonetheless, was fast to poke enjoyable on the legendary captain by including that it was the identical yr when CSK had been docked factors due to Dhoni’s entry into the bottom whereas demanding a no-ball. “Curiously, that very same yr, he himself walked onto the sector — not due to me, however as a result of we had been dropping.”
The incident occurred throughout a CSK vs RR group stage match in Jaipur in IPL 2019. With simply 8 runs required from the ultimate three deliveries, Ben Stokes bowled a supply that was first declared a no-ball. The umpire then reversed the decision, triggering MS Dhoni to march onto the sector in protest and problem the choice. Dhoni was fined 50% of his match charges due to the incident. CSK, the eventual runner-up of the event after dropping the ultimate to the champions Mumbai Indians by 1 run, completed sixth within the Truthful Play desk.
