The Indian chinaman, Kuldeep Yadav recalled an incident when former skipper MS Dhoni, who is known for his cool and calm demeanor on the field lost his cool on the left-arm wrist-spinner. It happened during the second T20I between India and Sri Lanka in Indore in December 2017, when Dhoni asked Kuldeep to change the field after a boundary, but he did not listen.
Kuldeep revealed this while speaking to cricket show presenter Jatin Sapru on ‘ASAP with JSAP’. Recalling the incident, Yadav said, “Kusal smashed a boundary over the covers. Dhoni Bhai shouted from behind the wickets and asked me to change the fielding. I did not listen to his suggestion and in the next ball, Kusal hit another boundary through the reverse sweep now.”
An agitated Dhoni walked up to Kuldeep and said “me pagal hu? 300 one-day khela hu, aur samjha raha hu yahan pe.’ (Am I stupid? I have played 300 ODIs and you are not listening to me).”
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Acknowledging that he was scared of Dhoni after that, the chinaman said he also asked the former skipper when did he last lose his cool, to which Dhoni said, not in the last 20 years.
Kuldeep reiterated, “I was so scared of him that day. After the match, I went to him while traveling in the team bus and asked if he ever gets angry. To which Dhoni bhai said: 20 saal se gussa nhi kiya hai (I have not got angry for the last 20 years).”
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Recently, during the sidelines of Times of India Sports Awards, Kuldeep had said, “Mahi Bhai obviously brings a lot of experience with him and he has given the Indian team a lot. So when a player like that is not playing, of course, you miss him.”
