Virender Sehwag and MS Dhoni are two legendary players of Indian cricket. Both of them changed the dynamics of the game with their playing styles, the latter with his leadership skills and calm demeanor on the field during pressure situations. Both have retired from international cricket, but MS Dhoni continues to play the Indian Premier League (IPL). Dhoni, who is already 44, continues to represent his franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
However, it has been rumored for a long time that there has been a rift between the cricketers. This has long been the subject of speculation through strategic selection options and even public interviews.
Catfight between MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag
Rumors of the rift attracted attention from 2009 to 2012. The first controversy arose in the 2009 T20 World Cup when Sehwag suffered a shoulder injury.
After this, when Dhoni was asked about the injury issue in the pre-match press conference, he replied, “Maybe you should ask his physio to issue a press release.” However, Sehwag and Dhoni ended the discontent as India won the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2011. Another example occurred during the CB series in Australia in 2012, when the team agreed to rotate senior opening batsmen Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag to provide young players for preparation ahead of the next World Cup.
Sehwag criticized MS Dhoni’s idea
But things changed when Dhoni’s idea of inducting youngsters into the team through rotation, including saving runs on the pitch with fresh legs, was not taken into consideration by the senior members of the team.
During that press conference, Sehwag said, “I don’t know what he said and what is going on in the media. But we decided, we had a meeting, he talked to everyone, Gautam and me and Tendulkar. He wanted to give an opportunity to the youngsters so that the youngsters can play all the matches here because the next World Cup is also here, so they will know how the pitches are in Australia.”
Sudeep Tyagi sheds light on MS Dhoni-Sehwag controversy
More than a decade later, it remains a topic of discussion Exclusive interview with CricketAddictor, Where former India fast bowler Sudeep Tyagi discusses the relationship between Virender Sehwag and MS Dhoni in the team environment, as everyone has heard a lot. But no one knows the ground reality. Someone is showing one thing on the news channel and someone else is showing something else. Sudeep Tyagi told how their relationship was. To end all this nonsense.
Sudeep Tyagi said, “No, no, there was nothing. As much as I was in international cricket, both were there. Viru Bhai was there, Mahi Bhai was there. There was nothing. Both used to laugh and joke. I can tell you that both used to talk well in the dressing room. Because if you see, Viru Bhai is a little senior to Mahi Bhai. That’s why they used to help. It is not that Viru Bhai was the vice-captain and helped him a lot. All this There was something.” It was a rumour, there was nothing like that.”
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