Indian fans want MS Dhoni to come out of his retirement after Lord's debacle

Team India got a proper hiding in the second Test against England at Lord’s as they were handed a thumping by an innings and 159 runs. After the hard-fought first game, the fans were expecting them to put their best foot forward. Instead, the fears of 2011 tour have started doing the rounds when they were whitewashed. MS Dhoni was the captain then who retired in 2014 during Australia tour. However, the fans are missing him badly at the helm and want him to come out of his retirement.

India’s last victory in England came at Lord’s itself in 2014 under the leadership of Dhoni and almost the same set of players are touring this time around as well. But the likes of Murali Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane were far better players then. On this tour, they are not at all looking confident and it seems that the time has come to look beyond them now.

Also, many have gone against Virat Kohli’s strategy of chopping and changing as well who has now gone 37 successive Tests without an unchanged side since taking over the captaincy. Dhoni, on the other hand, believed in not tinkering much with the combination and used to keep faith in his players more often than not.

Captain Kohli under the scanner

Though the batsman Kohli is performing up to the mark, his skills as the leader have always been questioned. Not that he’s been the bad captain, but his team selection has always been odd. Dropping Ajinkya Rahane, the vice-captain of the team, on the basis of current form in South Africa was ridiculous and the team faced the heat. Since then India’s overseas specialist has lost his sheen.

The same has happened with Cheteshwar Pujara as he wasn’t included in the series opener and he turned out to be the best batsman in terms of balls faced at Lord’s Had he played at Edgbaston, the visitors might have won that game.

It is natural that Kohli’s leadership will be compared to MS Dhoni and so far he hasn’t matched one bit to him. Though the numbers are in his favour, Kohli’s style of leadership has come under the scanner which has, in a way, affected the team’s performance as well.

Here’s how fans urged Dhoni to come back:

@imVkohli Great Player h Bt Great Captain to @msdhoni hi h jisne sabhi Format India ko jitaye h @imVkohli se ye kabhi n ho payega @vikrantgupta73 @harbhajan_singh @hardikpandya7 @bhogleharsha @yuzi_chahal @ashwinravi99 @sauravganguli@BhuviOfficial

— Nitin Tripathi (@ntripathi2479) August 13, 2018

Ms make comeback without you..it's children play in tests

— Gurudev Karajagi (@GurudevKarajagi) August 12, 2018

Will You get convinced to make a comeback in test cricket?
Please!
We are in desperate need of your mind behind the wickets in England! @msdhoni Faith in MSD!

— Prateek Verma (@pratv14891) August 11, 2018

Lol 😂
Simple hai yaar
He was in the team because he was best among all of his competitors.
👉Game changing batsman
👉Hard hitter
👉Finisher
👉Tremendous leadership skills
👉Great wicketkeeper

I don't think anyone has these many qualities.
Simple@msdhoni #Dhoni #Thala

— Ali Imran (@AImranabidi) August 13, 2018

@sachin_rt God please help it's now it question of our nation pride please ask @msdhoni to return in test cricket for our nation @BCCI @imVkohli @AnushkaSharma @ImRo45 @ashwinravi99 @PMOIndia

— Saurabh Pandey (@Saurabh33698271) August 12, 2018

Comeback @msdhoni

— Abhishek 🇮🇳 #408 (@ImAbhishek7_) August 12, 2018

@msdhoni We need you Back in Test Team!! you are support system of Indian Team. #ComeBackMSD

— Kapil Bains 🇮🇳 (@BeingKapilBains) August 12, 2018

plz comeback in test cricket mahi

— Anurag singh (@journo_anurag) August 12, 2018

Comeback from retirement. 😢 #ENGvIND

— Prasanna (@prasanna1209) August 12, 2018

Dhoni ke uper ungli uthane wale dekhlo
Test match me dhoni nahin h keya haal h keeper ki
Dhoni is best and 1st Indian wicket keepers and bats man dhoni comeback in test cricket your need #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/oEBVOyMxGy

— Abdul.kafi.chishti (@kafi_chishti) August 10, 2018

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