Published 16:51 IST, October 15th 2020

Harbhajan Singh roasted by netizens for 'helping Shahid Afridi but mocking MS Dhoni'

Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh had to face the wrath of Chennai fans for his reactions on MS Dhoni's wide-ball controversy against Hyderabad.

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MS Dhoni led-Chennai side was at ir dominant best when y comprehensively beat Hyderab by 20 runs earlier this week at Dubai International Stium in Dream11 IPL 2020. Chennai fans rejoiced as side scored winning points after riding on ir clinical all-round performance. match was poised for a close finish before Shardul Thakur and Dwayne Bravo tilted momentum in Chennai's favour with sensational death bowling. A peculiar moment between MS Dhoni and on-field umpire Paul Reiffel regarding a wide decision sparked a  controversy. 

Fans target Harbhajan Singh on Twitter for his post on MS Dhoni 

During penultimate over of match, Shardul Thakur bowled a full delivery wide outside off-stump, after which it seemed Paul Reiffel was about to signal it a wide delivery, only to change his mind after a protest from Shardul Thakur and MS Dhoni. While MS Dhoni received flak from a section of cricket fans, a lot of people also sided by Chennai captain on this controversy and showered ir support. Dream11 IPL veteran Harbhajan Singh, who h earlier anunced his unavailability for Dream11 IPL 2020, also reacted on situation.

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Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh, on his Twitter account, shared MS Dhoni and Paul Reiffel's clip along with laughing emojis. This did t go down well with Chennai and MS Dhoni's fans. Harbhajan Singh was attacked on micro-blogging as fans lambasted him for his post on MS Dhoni.

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Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh slammed for supporting Shahid Afridi 

Fans were vocal about ir displeasure as users accused Harbhajan of favouring Pakistan and that he is targeting Chennai team and MS Dhoni because he is t a part of side for Dream11 IPL 2020. Earlier this year, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh h pledged ir support to Shahid Afridi's charity organisation, which h irked people in India, and Twitterati h slammed m for ir stance.

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Fans were left unimpressed as Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh campaigned for Shahid Afridi's organization, who has been very vocal about his views on Kashmir. After Shahid Afridi's hateful comments against India, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh h vouched to cut ties with ex-Pakistani cricketer.

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16:51 IST, October 15th 2020