Published 10:08 IST, October 3rd 2020
MS Dhoni's innings draws Bollywood reactions; KRK gets flak for trolling veteran
MS Dhoni's innings, which included struggle with health issues, drew reactions from Bollywood stars as they backed him. KRK got flak for trolling the veteran.
- SportFit
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After an impressive start, Chennai made it a hat-trick of losses in the Dream11 Indian Premier League against Hyderabad on Friday. Apart from the three-time winners languishing at the bottom of the table, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s innings in losing causes for the second game in a row became a talking point. Apart from his failure to take his team to the finishing line, his health issues during the knock, made stars from the film industry also react with concern.
Bollywood stars on MS Dhoni innings
Walking in to bat with Chennai reeling at 36/3 and needing 129 more, Dhoni’s innings of 47 off 36 balls was not enough for his team. Moreover, the former Indian captain struggled with dehydration during the course of the innings.
Nushrratt Bharuccha sent out a message for Dhoni, and expressed her ‘absolute admiration’. The actor hailed the captain for ‘fighting till the end.’
Actor-comedian Danish Sait wrote that it was ‘hard’ to see the star player struggling with his fitness during the course of the match, and sent him ‘all the energy in the universe.’
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar wrote that the fans will always love their ‘Thala’ in ‘sickness and in health.’ The South actor expressed confidence that the team will be in the finals, and the ‘game is not over yet.’
Kamaal Rashid Khan, however, trolled Dhoni, who had retired from international cricket in August. He wrote:
“There was no point dyeing your hair since you got breathless on completing two runs and this was common in old age. Who asked you to humiliate yourself by playing at this age?
We will always be your fans, but it does not feel good to see you like this. Retire with dignity.”
The actor-’critic’ seemed to have got intense trolling for his tweet, as he turned off comments on the post. However, that did not stop the netizens from bashing him.
Hyderabad vs Chennai
Meanwhile, Hyderabad beat Chennai by 7 runs after notching up 164/5 in their 20 overs. Priyam Garg and Ravindra Jadeja’s fifties for their respective sides were the highlights while Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan were the standout bowlers of the evening.
Updated 10:08 IST, October 3rd 2020