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MS Dhoni gets trolled for slow batting against Afghanistan

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jun 22, 2019, at 08:51 pm

Southampton, June 22 (IBNS): Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has once being trolled on internet for his slow batting during the World Cup match against Afghanistan on Saturday.

Batting at number five, Dhoni failed to accelerate his innings and was dismissed at 28 after playing 52 balls. He hit only three boundaries in the match.

Prince Charles tweeted, "Every indian to dhoni"

Every indian to dhoni#INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/2TFugGZscT
— Prince Charles (@Masked__Guy) June 22, 2019

"Just Shitty from Dhoni and Kedar, Dont blame it on the pitch...Kohli played it beautifully....u r the chosen 11 from a billion ppl...wow..!" one user said.

Just Shitty from Dhoni and Kedar,
Dont blame it on the pitch...Kohli played it beautifully....u r the chosen 11 from a billion ppl...wow..!#INDvAFG
— Sir Davos Seaworth (@nedstark121) June 22, 2019

Another user said: "One day cricket to dhoni now"

One day cricket to dhoni now#INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/9gSHnlfXrV
— Polltracker+analyzer (@Invinci30111984) June 22, 2019

One user trolled the former skipper saying, "Dhoni shouldn't have retired from test cricket "

Dhoni shouldn't have retired from test cricketðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ pic.twitter.com/MpCZg3qtqK
— kathukuran thalaivaraeðŸ¤¡ðŸ˜Ž (@Kumaran67033664) June 22, 2019

Afghanistan, who are yet to win a match in the World Cup, restricted India to 224/8 in 50 overs. Indian skipper Virat Kohli (67) and Kedar Jadhav (52) were the top scorers.

Image Credit: twitter.com/cricketworldcup

#MSDhoni #India #Afghanistan #CricketWorldCup

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