Five players who have expressed their disliking for MS Dhoni after retirement

MS Dhoni is one of the most successful Indian skippers and has a massive fan following. However, with fan following, comes haters as well. There could be many reasons for it, including his style of captaincy, style of play, etc.

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Talking about his achievements as captain of India, he has won the 2007 20-20 World Cup, 2010 Asia Cup, 2011 World Cup, and 2013 Champions Trophy. In the Indian T20 League, he has won four titles.

With this much, it is not surprising that he has haters as well. On the other hand, there are some of his ex-teammates who also have shown hatred for the Ranchi player. Most of these were part of the 2011 winning campaign.

Generally, players don't really show hatred for their former teammates after retirement irrespective of what happened during their playing days. In this listicle, we will discuss five players who have expressed their hatred for the legend.

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Five players who have expressed their disliking for MS Dhoni after retirement

Gautam Gambhir (Image Credit : Twitter)

1. Gautam Gambhir

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The former opening batter expressed his disliking for the wicketkeeper batter right after retirement. In an interview with Sports Tak, he had expressed his displeasure for being excluded from the team right from early 2012.

For the unversed, Dhoni had the idea of not taking the trio of Virender Sehwag, Gambhir, and Sachin Tendulkar for the showpiece event. The left-hander had said that a skipper can't decide his World Cup team three years before. 

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2. Yuvraj Singh

The all-rounder and Dhoni shared a great camaraderie in the initial days of their respective careers. Their camaraderie remained pretty much the same till the 2011 event. But after a short while, Singh diagnosed with cancer but recovered. However, he wasn't the same player after cancer.

Years went by and the two-time World Cup winner started lost place in the team. He missed few mega events from 2015 to 2019. The only exception was the 2017 Champions Trophy where he played for the team. After his retirement in 2019, he said that he didn't get enough support from the team management like Dhoni did. 

Virender Sehwag (Image Credit : Twitter)

3. Virender Sehwag

The right-hander was unhappy after Dhoni had said he was one of those players who is slow in the field in the CB series 2012. Apparently, in a press conference, the former India skipper had called Sehwag and two others as slow fielder.

The Delhi player in reply, had said that he never got the feedback for the same in team meetings. The former vice-captain felt that this conversation could have been done in the team meetings and avoided in the media. 

Harbhajan Singh (Image Credit : Twitter)

4. Harbhajan Singh

Just like some of his teammates mentioned above, his career also came to an end after the 2011 glory. After the event, his appearance for the team started getting limited and was replaced by Ravichandran Ashwin slowly and gradually.

After retirement, he shockingly revealed that he repeatedly asked Dhoni about his exclusion in the team. The off-spinner added that he never got any response from the 350-ODI veteran. The Punjab player later stopped seeking answers. 

Irfan Pathan (Image Credit : Twitter)

5. Irfan Pathan

The all-rounder always speaks his exclusion from the team after playing a match-winning innings against Sri Lanka in early 2009. For the unversed, he and his older brother, Yusuf Pathan won the one-off T20I game from an impossible situation. According to Irfan's words, if a player wins a game like this, they won't get dropped.

However, his appearance in the team started getting limited. Patha, though, was part of the 2013 Champions Trophy team.