MUMBAI, INDIA: There are reports regarding the Indian cricket team that it is facing internal differences and challenges after its worst performance in Australia and in such a situation, allegations are also being made against each other by former players every day.
Cricket is the most popular game in India and cricket talent is also extraordinary, which is why sometimes many players consider it an abuse of themselves when they do not get a chance according to their ability and also make allegations.
According to an NDTV report, Manoj Tiwari, the former star opener of the Indian team and who scored runs at an extraordinary average of 99.50 in the 2006-07 Ranji Trophy, has made a serious accusation against former captain MS Dhoni of ignoring him and giving opportunities to close players.
Manoj Tiwari had to wait a long time for his debut in international cricket, but he got his chance in 2008. However, he scored a century in one-day cricket against the West Indies in Chennai in 2011, but after that he did not get a chance in the team.
MS Dhoni was the captain of the Indian cricket team at that time and the team had become one of the most dangerous teams in the world due to its excellent performance and Manoj Tiwari has spoken openly about Dhoni.
Manoj Tiwari told Hindi media in an interview that Dhoni was the captain at that time and the team was scoring runs according to the captain’s plan. The situation was different in domestic teams, but the national team was dependent on the captain.
He said that if you look at Kapil Dev’s era, he was running the team, Sunil Gavaskar’s era also ran it, the same thing happened with Mohammad Azharuddin, after that Ganguly and others did it, this will continue until a strict administrator comes and sets the rules.
Manoj Tiwary said that if you look at the Indian Cricket Board’s chief selector Ajit Agarkar, you will feel that he is taking strict decisions, he disagrees with the coach.
The former opener said that I was dropped from 14 matches after scoring a century, if a batsman is dropped after a century, then I would like to know the answer.
He said that I was praised after the century but after that I was not given any opportunity, at that time the youth including me felt afraid because if something was asked, who knows, it could have been taken differently and the career would be at stake.
Objecting to Dhoni’s decisions, he said that the team at that time had players like Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma, after this tour they were not able to score runs and despite scoring a century and being declared the man of the match, I could not make it to the playing eleven.
He said that I was dropped for 14 matches and this was a period of 6 months, at that time the players who were dropped did not practice much and I wanted to retire but could not do so due to family responsibilities.
Former star opener Manoj Tiwary led India’s domestic team Bengal for a long time and is also the state minister for sports and youth affairs.
