Ex-Pakistan player accuses MS Dhoni of 'purposely' losing 2019 WC match against England

Former Pakistan cricketer Abdul Razzaq has joined Sikander Bakht to accuse India's wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni of 'purposely' t winning group st match against England in 2019 ICC World Cup. former Pakistani all-rounder has claimed that Dhoni could have hit a six or a four, but he was 'blocking everything.' Earlier, England's ace all-rounder Ben Stokes while recollecting match in his book, claimed that he saw ' intent' from MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav to win match. 

Speaking to a Pakistani news channel, Razaaq stated that re is doubt that MS Dhoni lost match purposely and we had said this at that time as well, adding that all cricketers also have same opinion. Razzaq claimed that one gets to kw when a person who is capable of hitting sixes and fours at will, is blocking everything. tably, India's only loss in group st that came against England resulted in Pakistan's kck-out from 2019 World Cup campaign. 

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Holding backs Dhoni 

Former West Indies cricketer and commentator Michael Holding recently came forth to back former Indian skipper after fire ignited by Stokes' book. “It wasn’t game that India had to win, but I don’t think anyone can say that was a team tactic to lose game. I watched that game and it appeared to me as if India weren’t putting up ir 100%, but I realized it wasn’t case when expression on MS Dhoni’s face told me that he desperately wanted to win, so I don’t think it was a team decision to t try to win," said Michael Holding on his official Youtube channel ‘Mikey – holding thing back’.

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India vs England 2019 WC match

England won toss and decided to bat first. home side stockpiled 337-7 on board with Ben Stokes fury-filled 79 off 54 providing finishing touches. Indian batsman began ir run-chase on a dawdling te, scoring just 28 of ir first 10 overs. Rohit Sharma (102) and Virat Kohli (66) top-scored in Indian innings followed by Hardik Pandya with a stroke-filled 45 off 33 balls.

At 267-5 after 44.5 overs, Kedar Jadhav joined forces with former India skipper MS Dhoni. While India required 71 runs from 5.1 overs, two mand to score 39 runs from ir 31-ball partnership. While Dhoni played a kck of 42 runs from 31 balls, Jadhav consumed 13 balls to finish at 12* as India fell short of ir target by 31 runs.

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