Ms. Dhoni has been in the news off late for some time now, whenever he fails to take the team over the line, the question always pops up about his strike rate in T20I Cricket. And, the second T20I against New Zealand is a great example of it.
Dhoni may have scored 49 off 37 balls in Rajkot, but early in his Innings, Dhoni scored only at a run a ball, and that didn't help the team as when Dhoni scored rapidly the match was out of the grasp.
Whatever the hype of criticism followed him, Dhoni got the backing from Indian captain earlier as he termed “ it's unfair to target Dhoni.” And now the Captain cool also had the backing of the present Coach Ravi Shastri, who lashed out all criticism saying,” great players like him decide their own future.”
"Looks like there are a lot of jealous people around, who just want Dhoni to have a couple of bad days. There are a few people who are waiting to see the end of MS Dhoni. But great players like him decide their own future, “Shastri said to Anandabazar Patrika.
"It [criticism] doesn't make a difference to me. In our mind we know where Dhoni stands within the team. He is an ultimate team man. He was a great leader and now an ultimate team man."
While Shastri, who was on television not long ago louded about the fact that questions being raised on Television when the match was running on air and said great players like Dhoni will always become a topic.
"Not so long ago I used to do television and people used to ask me questions. You need to answer questions to make a show happen. Dhoni is a superstar. He is one of our greatest cricketers. When you have a career as glorious as that, you become a topic on television."
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