In R Sridhar’s biography, one instance of MS Dhoni losing his temper is mentioned. The former fielding coach said that the former India captain was angry with his players.
Even though there have been instances in which even the great “Captain Cool” has lost it, MS Dhoni has always been known for his calm demeanor.
Some of those moments have been shown on television, like Manish Pandey screaming at the non-striker’s end for not paying attention to him or the icy-cold death stare at Mitchell Johnson after the two collided.
Along with his numerous cheeky responses to journalists trying to make their own pegs, he once walked furiously onto the pitch during an IPL match to argue with the on-field umpires about a no-ball call.
However, in R Sridhar’s biography, one instance of Dhoni losing his temper is mentioned. The former fielding coach said that the former India captain was angry with his players.
Dhoni, who has always set high standards for fielding and helped India win the 2011 World Cup, was not shy when he noticed his teammates’ lowered shoulders.
“MS’s advice helped us organize our fielding personnel in advance of the World Cup when I first worked for the Indian squad. We played West Indies at the Feroz Shah Kotla in October 2014.
We won easily, but we were absolutely terrible on the field. In his book “Coaching Beyond,” Sridhar, who became the fielding coach in 2014, wrote, “MS was furious at what he perceived to be a lack of effort and dipping fitness standards.”
India, who had lost the first one-day international and were 0-1 up in the series, won the second match by 48 runs, but their weaknesses persisted.
India would have struggled to reach 263/7 if not for the captain’s unbeaten 51 off 40 balls. West Indies were cruising at 170/2 at one point before collapsing. Losing eight wickets for 45 runs and being bowled out for 215 runs Several things, in my opinion, are missing.
We must step up our game. We haven’t performed to our full potential. For us, this game is a significant eye-opener.
Despite the fact that we are on the winning side, we could have lost this. As Sridhar pointed out, when the team went back to the changing room. MSD gave the players a lot of attention..
The infamous Windies pullout series’ second one-day international is the one Sridhar is referring to. After the third match was postponed due to cyclone Hudhud.
The tour was reduced to four one-day internationals, from the initial five ODIs, three Tests, and one T20I. Dwayne Bravo, the captain of the West Indies at the time. Made the announcement during the toss during the 4th ODI.
In Dharamsala that the team was abandoning the remainder of the tour. Due to a pay dispute between the players and the West Indies Cricket Board.