Indian former cricketer Irfan Pathan points out the difficulties that bowlers would face while bowling to MS Dhoni in IPL 2020. Indian former skipper MS Dhoni announced his retirement on August 15 after reaching Chennai to get part in practice camp.
MS Dhoni is also expected to play IPL for another couple of years which also confirmed by CSK officials.
Pathan’s Feels Happy:
“When he (Dhoni) comes to play in the IPL, I think all the bowlers, even the players who retired like me, will be very happy that they are not bowling against MS Dhoni in the IPL – because he is going to go with full flow,” he said on the Cricket Connected Show on Star Sports.
Pathan has been at the receiving end too, back in 2010 when Dhoni carted him for 16 runs at Dharamsala, to take CSK into the semi-finals. MSD finished the match in just four balls, smashing 4, 2, 6, and 6.
“When he plays for CSK, he enjoys that, his best comes out as a batsman as well. But in this IPL, I am really looking forward to it. All the bowlers, be careful,” Pathan said.
Looking forward to this IPL even more! Bowlers, beware!
Just great to reminisce about @msdhoni on a #CricketConnected Dhoni special episode with @VVSLaxman281
Don’t miss this episode. Tonight at 7PM & 9PM on @StarSportsIndia pic.twitter.com/gqiScOWixz
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) August 16, 2020
Srinivasan Saved Dhoni’s Captaincy:
Earlier, former BCCI president N Srinivasan has revealed how he used his authority to retain Dhoni as the skipper of the side. India had lost the Test series in Australia by a massive margin of 0-4, and the selection committee had decided to remove Dhoni as skipper from captaincy, without even picking a replacement.
“This was 2011. India had won the World Cup. And (then) in Australia, we didn’t do well in the Tests. So, one of the selectors wanted to remove him (Dhoni) as the ODI captain. The point is, how do you remove him as the ODI captain?
“He had won the World Cup (just a few months ago). They (selectors) had not even thought of who would be his replacement. There was a discussion and then (before the formal meeting) I said there was no way in which he would not be a player,” Srinivasan told.
