“Maybe like a murderer or terrorist,” when MS Dhoni revealed how he channeled aggression at DARKER time towards becoming a ‘better human being’

MS Dhoni was part of the team led by Rahul Dravid and witnessed that darker time after the ouster.

“Maybe like a murderer or terrorist,” when MS Dhoni revealed how he channeled aggression at DARKER time towards becoming a ‘better human being’

MS Dhoni (Image via SportsWiki)

After India’s below-par performance in the 2007 ODI World Cup, it took a long time for the fans to get out of the gloom. Cricket is like religion in India, so the shock exit made the situation worse for the cricketers. Their homes were pelted with stones, posters were burnt on the streets, and slogans were raised against the players.

India were placed in Group B, and they could collect just two points from three matches, which hindered their further advancement to Super 8. MS Dhoni was part of the team led by Rahul Dravid and witnessed that darker time after the ouster. He said when the team landed in Delhi, they got out of the airport in a police car and were traveling at a decent speed.

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And, you know, the media cars around us with their cameras and big lights on top, it felt as if we had committed a big crime, maybe like murder or terrorism or something.
Dhoni said during a promotional event in New York in 2016 for his biopic MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

The players reached the police station and waited there for a while. His house in Ranchi was under construction, and it was pelted with stones by furious fans.

That actually had a big impact on me, and I channeled the aggression to become a better cricketer and a better human being.

A look at MS Dhoni’s performance in ODIs

Just a couple of months after the ODI World Cup defeat, cricket fans across India were in complete ecstasy, for not many had imagined that a team full of youngsters would get crowned as the first-ever T20 World Cup champions.

MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni (Image via NDTV)

Around four years later, India won their first ODI World Cup after 28 years. The ODI is also Dhoni’s strongest format, because he represented India in 350 matches, scoring 10,773 runs at an average of 50.57.

In these matches, he hit 10 centuries and 73 fifties, with the highest of 183*. He led the Men in Blue in 200 matches, winning 110 and losing 74, and has a win percentage of 55.

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