IPL has taken
the ugly sledging away from cricket: MS Dhoni.
IPL
and all such T20 leagues of the world have led to a good on-field environment
in international matches, feels MS Dhoni.
MS
Dhoni praised the IPL and said it helped
players from different community to gel along well.
Stressing the need to keep the spirit
of gentleman’s game alive, Indian limited-overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday said IPL has helped players from across the globe
connect with each other and taken “ugly sledging” away from cricket.
Popularly known as ‘captain cool’, the
Chennai Super Kings skipper has hardly lost his bearing on and off the field
and the humble cricketer from Jharkhand is of the opinion that the Indian
Premier League and all such T20 leagues of the world have led to a good
on-field environment in international matches.
“We play a gentleman’s game. We want to win,
but have to do it in the right way. IPL has taken the ugly sledging away from
cricket. Friendly banter is good and that’s what these Twenty20 Leagues has
done. Really helped the cricketers in streamlining in what was known as
sledging,” Dhoni, who shared the stage with West Indies batsman Chris Gayle,
said at a promotional event in a city hotel.
“IPL has helped us a lot to deal with
it (sledging). IPL has helped different players from different cultures come
together and share the same dressing room. IPL got me closer to many
individuals, whom I might not have interacted with otherwise,” Dhoni said.
“I don’t even interact with Indian
players in IPL fearing what their team’s policy might be, so I take care of all
these things. But my equation with many players has improved just because of
IPL,” the wicketkeeper-batsman added.
Gayle, who shares a great rapport with Dhoni, not only mimicked the batsman’s patent ‘helicopter shot’
on stage but also agreed with the the skipper on IPL easing tension between
players.
“I agree MS about IPL. IPL has done
wonders for the entire cricket fraternity. Yes, there is friendly sledging,
like I enjoy with (Kieron) Pollard — Mumbai Indians player — but otherwise it’s
cool,” said the destructive Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) opener.
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