Former Chennai Tremendous Kings participant S Badrinath opened up in regards to the incident when MS Dhoni misplaced his cool throughout the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2008. He revealed how the keeper-batter as soon as kicked the water bottle out of the park.
Chennai Tremendous Kings participant MS Dhoni is among the coolest minds which have performed the sport of cricket. The keeper-batter is understood for his calm nature, and it is among the main the reason why he’s so profitable. He has usually thrived underneath strain conditions, profitable video games for his group.
There hardly have been situations the place MS Dhoni has misplaced his cool, and one amongst them got here throughout the sport between Chennai Tremendous Kings and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru within the inaugural version of the league. The match occurred on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in what was a low-scoring thriller.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru ended up with a complete of simply 126 for eight, with Rahul Dravid top-scoring with 47 runs off 39 balls. Albie Morkel was the decide of the bowlers as he returned with a four-wicket haul and it appeared that the Chennai Tremendous Kings would win the sport simply.
Nevertheless, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru got here up with a sensational effort with the ball. Opening batter Stephen Fleming took his group off to a flying begin as he slammed 39-ball 44 earlier than the house group misplaced a flurry of wickets to be restricted to solely 111 for eight.
S Badrinath revealed that throughout the sport towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru MS Dhoni misplaced his cool after the group misplaced wickets rapidly. However he stated that it wasn’t on the sphere as a result of he did not need to present the opposition captain that he had misplaced his cool. Chatting with InsideSport, he defined:
“He’s additionally a human…he has misplaced his cool. However that has by no means occurred on the sphere. He would by no means let the opposition know that he had misplaced his cool. On this match towards RCB in Chennai, we had been chasing 110 odd. We misplaced wickets in a cluster there and we ended up dropping the match.”
MS Dhoni simply kicked it out of the park. I used to be like, ‘Sh*t, oh my god!’ – S Badrinath
S Badrinath talked about that after getting out MS Dhoni was strolling contained in the dressing room. He revealed how, on his approach again, the keeper-batter smashed the water bottle out of the park.
Badrinath additionally stated that no one within the group could not make eye contact with MS Dhoni after that incident. However he talked about that the keeper-batter did not say something to anybody and did not focus on about it within the group assembly both. He elaborated:
“I bought out to a lap shot towards Anil Kumble. I used to be LBW. So, I used to be standing contained in the dressing room, and he was coming inside, the place there was a small water bottle. MS simply kicked it out of the park. I used to be like, ‘Sh*t, oh my god!’
“No one desires to see that. We simply couldn’t make eye contact with him. We had been all attempting to keep away from him. However that was it. He didn’t say something. There was no group assembly relating to that,” he concluded.
