The former international umpire Daryl Harper has come up with some critical remarks for the Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni. Harper spoke very critically of MS Dhoni for the latter’s act of stretching a conversation with the umpires to waste time in order to get Pathirana eligible for bowling the 16th over of the match in the second innings of the match against Gujarat Titans in the first qualifier.
“Of course, MS Dhoni wasted time to allow his preferred bowling option to deliver the vital sixteenth over. That’s the only conclusion that I can draw from that disappointing spectacle. The issue for me is the lack of respect shown for the Spirit of cricket and for the directions of the umpires. There were other options for the captain but they were ignored,” said Harper as per quoted by MyKhel.
Although a section of the cricket, especially the MS Dhoni and CSK fans took this statement of Harper to troll him on the micro-blogging site Twitter with a lot of interesting and hilarious reactions. Fans came up with a lot of replies targeting Harper for making this out-of-the-box statement for MS Dhoni on the incident of the first qualifier.
Here’s how fans reacted:
But kya fayda… 1st mistake of the umpires 2nd of Hardik.. I understand he had respect for Dhoni so he could not step in but thn 3rd mistake of the Coach for not forcing hardik to step in. At last the heads took no action. Penalty bhi diya kya?? Abhi bolne se kya ukhad liya?
— ⫸ 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐏𝐒 ⫷ (@baatein_dilse) May 26, 2023
So many posts targeting dhoni, it’s clear too many people are butthurt at his stardom. Unfortunately no one has a clear version what happened, what umpires and dhoni said. Because if umpires ruled in favor of dhoni, he accepted umpires decision and umpires decision is final? 🤷🏻
— Akshay (@Musyathy) May 26, 2023
I don't understand how one can judge it as an argument 😒 The umpires on field don't have an issue. that's it…!!
— Lohith Kumar (@Lohith_Vindula) May 26, 2023
This is IPL boss, Dhoni can step into field to argue with umpire, Dhoni can make umpire wait so that Pathirana can bowl, He is Dhoni and can do anything in IPL 👍
— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) May 26, 2023
Umpires could have noticed
As a captain that was strategic— Parichay Garg (@parichay_garg) May 26, 2023
Bc tumara hi rules follow kiya aur uska fine last over mein 4 fielders BAs bahar ruke tum gnd marane rules banate kya fhir
— jay prakash (@Jay07Prakash) May 26, 2023
I don't understand how one can judge it as an argument 😒 The umpires on field don't have an issue. that's it…!!
— Lohith Kumar (@Lohith_Vindula) May 26, 2023
If it is in the rules, it can't be against the spirit of the game.
Just like Mankading.
— Kunal 🐘 (@TweetsOfKunal) May 26, 2023
A great leader is always amenable to criticism
— Dr Sanjay Rastogi (@drsrtiger) May 26, 2023
Where were these to speak out when England robbed that WC trophy from NZ!!
— MikeStan (@theHustler33) May 26, 2023
Toh khud bowling krta kya…match fassa hua tha …😏
— Danish Sharma (@Danish4_) May 26, 2023
Talking about the playoffs of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League 2023, the Chennai Super Kings have already made it to the final of the current season. They defeated the defending champions Gujarat Titans in the first qualifier by a margin of 15 to enter the finals of the tournament for the tenth time.
Currently, the five-time Champions Mumbai Indians are locking horns with Gujarat Titans in the ongoing second qualifier of the tournament. The visitors’ skipper Rohit Sharma asked Hardik Pandya’s men to bat first on the moist surface of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
At the time of filling this copy, the hosts have scored 77 runs for the loss of one wicket in 8.3 overs having Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan in the middle on the individual scores of 45 and 12 runs respectively.
