Who is the greatest matchwinner of all: Dhoni and Sachin fans clash after master blaster slams MSD's slow batting
Clash of fandoms
One is the most successful batsman Indian has ever produced. Another is India's most successful captain who has won every silverware possible. One has served the nation for close to two and half decade. The other in his one and half decade career has never really dropped the ball and has been a consistent superstar. One played with grief after losing his father. The other refused to compromise on India duty even when his kid was born. No wonder, both these two icons of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni have extremely dedicated and crazy fandom.
So, it's unlikely to be pretty when both the fandoms collide. It has after Dhoni's insipid 52 balls 28 runs innings against Afghanistan in India's group stage world cup match. While Team India just barely managed to win thanks to Bumrah and Shami's brilliant death bowling, India's batting particularly of the middle order remained lot to be desired.
Spectators watched in frustration as Kedar Jadhav and Mahendra SIngh Dhoni played a plethora of dot balls against Afghan spinners. Finally Dhoni got stumped in the bid to up the ante against Rashid Khan. Sachin Tendulkar normally not really known for taking strong stance on things (which are not related to Greg Chappel), in an uncharacteristic manner expressed strong disappointment at Dhoni and Jadhav's innings. Perhaps the fact that title contender India was almost defeated by the bottom-placed Afghanistan irked the God of Cricket.
However, Dhoni fans haven't taken the attack to well.
Here is how it is playing out on social media: