MS Dhoni Loses His COOL, Yells At Manish Pandey In 2nd T20I Against South Africa
The Men in Blue would have loved to seal the series by winning the second T20I but the hosts had perfect plans to stop them. However, with the help of Klaasen’s brilliant innings, South Africa managed to put a break to team India’s winning streak.
Possibly, for the first time in this tour, India’s middle order outshined the top order. As the top order failed to score big, the middle order batsmen Manish Pandey and Dhoni took up the responsibility and roared against the Proteas. For quite some time, former India captain MS Dhoni was under the scrutiny for his rather circumspect approach in Twenty-20 internationals.
However, it all changed during the second T20I in Centurion. The wicket-keeper batsman wreaked havoc with a quick fire 52 off 28 balls whereas Manish scored an unbeaten 79 off 48 balls. It was a vintage Dhoni, who played some of his trademark shots to notch up his second fifty in the shortest format.
Dhoni’s fast and furious innings was laced with 4 boundaries and 3 sixes. Both were involved in a brilliant 98-run partnership for the fourth wicket. He has rarely shown his emotions on the cricket field. And that particular trait has fetched him the tag of being a ‘cool’ cricketer. But this wasn’t same for him in the 2nd T20I.
As the duo gave fans entertainment worth their money, in one of the rare moments, Dhoni was seen losing his cool at Pandey. The incident happened in final over of India’s innings when Dhoni was at the crease. After the first ball, Dhoni was seen yelling at Pandey, asking him to focus towards him and not look elsewhere.
He is heard using cuss words to call Manish Pandey and is apparently scolding him too. The stump mic clearly caught Dhoni shouting, “Oye! Bho*&I$# Idhar dekh le. Udhar kya dekh Raha hai?!”
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Well, from the way things perspired, it is apparent that Dhoni wanted the non-striker batsman, Manish Pandey, to keep an eye on the field placings and how to go about the plan in the final overs. Dhoni smashed a power-packed six off the next ball where he hammered a wide delivery over covers for a six.
Courtesy Dhoni’s and Manish Pandey’s fireworks India reached 188. But the target didn’t prove to be enough as the hosts chased it down with 8 balls to spare.