MSD Fans troll MSK Prasad on social media after back to back match saving innings

Prior to the start of the Sri Lankan series, former Indian captain MS Dhoni would have have been under pressure to retain his place in the side and prove a point or two to the chairman of selectors MSK Prasad who made some bold comments on the axing of the greatest finisher of ODI cricket.

But things turned around quickly for the modern great of limited overs cricket as he saved India twice from defeat with his contribution down the order in the 2nd and 3rd ODI at Pallekele. The celebrated Indian batting line up had no answer to the googlies of rookie Akila Dhananjaya in both the games.

In the second game of the series, Akila single-handedly reduced India from 109-0 to 131-7 with the help of his six wicket haul in the eight over spell. MS Dhoni shepherded Bhuvneshwar Kumar who played the innings of his life to seal the deal for India with their 100-run partnership.

The third ODI was threatening to be an action replay of the previous ODI as Dhananjaya picked up the wickets of Rahul and Jadhav in quick succession. However, MS Dhoni came in and forged a match winning partnership with Rohit Sharma and helped India clinch the series by taking an unassailable lead of 3-0 in the series.

“You never know. We don’t say it is an automatic thing (selection) but we will see. We are all stakeholders. We all want the Indian team to do well. If he is delivering, why not? If he is not, we will have to look at alternatives. We have identified some set of players who will be considered for the next 4-5 months and we will rotate them. After those 4-5 months, we will come to a picture that these are certain players who will go on to play the 2019 World Cup,” commented MSK Prasad prior to the start of the ODI series. As a result, he received a severe backlash from some of the true MSDians.

Here are some of the tweets

"Dhoni needs to deliver or we have to look for alternatives" – MSK Prasad
MS Dhoni be like : Okay. As you say! ?

— Jaanvi ? (@ThatCricketGirl) August 27, 2017

There is a ocean of difference between MSD & MSK. Some people talk, some do. #MSForever

— Amit Yarashi (@amityarashi) August 27, 2017

MSK Prasad's reaction after seeing @msdhoni play in the series #IndvsSL #Dhoni #India pic.twitter.com/WpIGxPWEYG

— Kedar (@kdeshpande08) August 27, 2017

I hope MSK Prasad is watching this series keenly.
Another typical #Dhoni innings. #SLvIND

— Aditya Namjoshi (@aditya_msd) August 27, 2017

#IndvsSL.Srilanka must be shocked that India came from doldrums to win.mr MSK prasad,today hopefully,u must have realized dhoni strength.

— nandini manjunath (@fvnandu) August 24, 2017

Take it as a slap MSk prasad ! … #IndvsSL #mskprasad #Dhoni

— saurabh sawarkar (@beingsaurabh16) August 24, 2017