Sachin Tendulkar has been criticised for his statements on MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav after India won a nail-biting match against Afghanistan at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 on Saturday at Southampton.
The Master-Blaster took a dig at MS Dhoni’s intent as India could manage a below-par score of 224 runs in the first innings.
Sachin Tendulkar questioned the middle-order after the slow batting display from MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav against the spinners as they could manage to score only 119 runs during the 34 overs of spinners.
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He said “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.”
Sachin Tendulkar felt that MS Dhoni being the senior player should have stepped up during his 52 balls 28 runs innings. He said, “A senior player Dhoni should have taken charge as Jadhav’s batting was hardly tested in the tournament.”
Sachin Tendulkar further continued, “Kedar Jadhav was under pressure, he had not had an outing up until now. He needed someone to take charge of the situation early on but that did not happen. Both Kedar and Dhoni were not able to play at the required strike rate that they would have wanted.”
However, Sachin Tendulkar’s statement against the former Indian captain, MS Dhoni didn’t go down well with the Indian fans as they accused the Master Blaster of his comments.
The criticism against Sachin Tendulkar went ahead till the social media, especially Twitter where the fans trolled him ruthlessly and came out in full support for MS Dhoni. Soon after, a raging war began between the fans of the two players when the comparison between the two legends started to take place.
So called god of Indian cricket #Sachin @sachin_rt is talking about @msdhoni's stats. Apart from those ton centuries what's memorable about you? And that too for yourself. Like, it took more than one year for your 100th ton.
69% win rate when you scored 100. #sachinvsdhoni #dhoni pic.twitter.com/HhCwHscjzm— Lokesh Vashishtha (@theLokeshV) June 25, 2019
Dear @sachin_rt
You are disappointed with @msdhoni innings in wc19 against Afghanistan. Before you've to look your scored in WC2007 against Bangladesh just 7 runs in 26 balls is it a good inning by you? Please don't judge a person by a low inning vs Afghanistan .😌 pic.twitter.com/TzqtvJpDbK— sandeep suryavanshi® (@isandeep___97) June 26, 2019
Had it not been a partnership between @msdhoni and @JadhavKedar , India's total would have been much less and I think we may have lost even. In fact, they should be appreciated for their efforts. @sachin_rt
— Tom (@Tom73756579) June 26, 2019
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
— Saffron Soul 2.0 🇮🇳 🚩 (@SaffronS0ul) June 24, 2019
Most ODI Man Of the Series by an Indian player in (OVERSEAS) against top 8 teams.
MS Dhoni 3️⃣
Sachin Tendulkar 2️⃣
Saurav Ganguly 1️⃣
Virat Kohli 1️⃣
Overseas ani ippudu anandra 😎 pic.twitter.com/WCtwvi0z1z— Ruthwik Voditela (@Ruthwik05) June 26, 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
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https://twitter.com/SudharshanJaya1/status/1143905377609629698?s=19
Neesham from New Zealand is playing at 49 runs of 76 balls.
I guess @sachin_rt should go and advice the team in his wrong intent
Very easy to say sitting outside. Had he not played today NZ Eid have been all out. As was MSD #NZvPAK
— #RenukaJain (@RenukaJain6) June 26, 2019
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