MS Dhoni last played competitive cricket during India’s semi-final loss to New Zealand in the World Cup 2019 in England.  Recently, cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra decided to share his opinion on India’s T20 World Cup squad that’s slated to take place in October. Aakash Chopra slotted in Rishabh Pant in his side and didn’t include the MS Dhoni in his T20 World Cup 2020 squad. Chopra’s decision didn’t go down well with some Dhoni fans.

In a recent interaction with Ajit Agarkar, Aakash Chopra revealed how fans abused him for not selecting MS Dhoni in his team. Chopra added that he had to close social media for a few days because of the same.

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Chopra said, “I had to close social media for a few days. People abused me so much, it kept on coming, they abused the kids as well. I said please pardon me guys, what happened has happened.”

Chopra also asked Agarkar to share his thoughts on Dhoni’s future during their interaction. Agarkar responded with, “I don’t know actually. Retiring or not retiring is MS Dhoni’s call. To select or to not select is selectors’ call if he fits in their plan. I don’t know, for the player who hasn’t played for a year, for me it will be difficult. Don’t know about the communication between MS Dhoni and team management or with the selectors,”

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“We don’t know about that. It will be difficult talking about an individual player but I will like to see the player playing cricket. If someone is not playing cricket then there is no point giving an opinion on them or discussing. I know people discuss Dhoni because he has not retired and he has not played also. It’s obvious because of his achievements and fan following in India. Fans want him to play again but there is no point of discussion till the time he doesn’t play cricket,” Agarkar added.