Former Indian field coach R Sridhar notes in his book that former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri was upset with MS Dhoni during his tenure with the team in 2018 due to poor batting in the ODI series against England. I remember the incident that set up.
Former Indian field coach R Sridhar’s recently published book Coaching Beyond:
Full of anecdotes, insights and chilling revelations, ‘Indian Cricket My Days With His Team’ gives readers a glimpse into India’s dressing room. The latest in these anecdotes includes former India head coach Ravi Shastri, who, while with the team in 2018, suffered a slump in batting when he played against England in the 2018 ODI series. , contains incidents that angered MS Dhoni.
India had traveled to England for a full tournament that included three of his T20Is, an equal number of his ODIs, and a five-game Test series. After his 2–1 win in the T20I competition, India kept the momentum going in his first ODI match, winning the 269 chase by his eight wickets margin. However, the team led by Virat Kohli lost the second game by a wide margin of 86 runs.
Recalling the match and loss, Sridhar made it clear that Shastri was more concerned with his Dhoni’s approach in pursuit than the loss margin or outcome on the matter. Setting a target of 323, Joe after his 113-run ‘butt drop’ knock on his route, Kohli teamed up with Suresh Raina to put him in an 80-run partnership and India continued to fight to hunt it down. I was. However, Dhoni left most of the chase as she was dismissed within five overs, coupled with Hardik Pandya being dismissed for just 21 runs. India still had 133 runs to chase 66 balls. “We were chasing when Virat and Suresh hit Raina, but when we lost the wicket, MS became the only bowlers as company going into the last 10 overs. It was 13 overs and only managed about 20 runs in the next 6 overs.These are the innings when MS hit 10,000 ODI runs, a very important milestone.We all know him. but I was curious to know why he didn’t even make the symbolic attempt to hit his target.
Dhoni was sent off for 47 overs, though he had 37 runs off his 59 balls and the limit was only his two. India eventually folded for 236 runs. Sridhar reveals that Shastri was not dissatisfied with the defeat, but was disappointed with Dhoni’s approach to the chase, knowing that the former Indian captain could not escape his wrath. Shridhar then revealed a heated backstage speech at Headingley before the final match of the series, but said at the team briefing that it was directed directly at Dhoni.
“Meanwhile Ravi was cooking. He was mad not because we lost by 86 runs, but because we lost the game, we didn’t fight back and went out. I didn’t aim for a goal, and I didn’t go down with a single hit. No head coach would allow it harmlessly,” he added.
“The decision was made at Headingley and we had a team meeting the day before. The whole team was present, including all members of the support team, so we knew Ravi would play to his strengths,” he said. When he was the loudest, loudest, most violent.