Twitter goes ballistic to see MS Dhoni taking a quick nap besides the wicket

Except for MS Dhoni’s back to back match saving innings at Pallekele, he treated the viewers with yet another special of his when the play was stopped due to interruptions from the crowd. MSD, being the ‘chill guy’ he is, utilized the time to catch a quick power nap beside the pitch, which amused one and all.

After witnessing a sorry performance from the home team, their fans started throwing bottles and tantrums. Such instances are nothing new in the sub-continent, especially in India. The most famous incidence from our country is the finals of World Cup 1996 at Kolkata, where India was on the verge of losing against Sri Lanka. A similar incident happened in the infamous Keenan stadium at Jamshedpur which last hosted a match in 2006. The match in 2002-03 against West Indies saw the crowd bursting crackers and throwing water bottles.

Amidst all the unrest in the ground today with Team India on the verge of winning the match and the series 3-0, players were asked to wait while the ground staff tried to clean the vicinity of the boundary and police tried to control the crowd, MS Dhoni decided to take a quickie right beside the pitch.

Seeing this, Sunny Gavaskar in the studios claimed that Dhoni should be a citizen of Iceland. Ajay Jadeja and Murali Karthik used terms such as a refrigerator and an air conditioner to describe the coolness of Captain Cool. The international career of MSD has seen many occasions where the Indian captain kept his cool under pressure cooker situation and deliver the goods for the Indian team.

But this act of his is nothing like ever seen before and depicts the tranquillity in his mind even after being in the centre of the stadium with almost 20,000 people. As a result, the Twitterati went ballistic looking at the modern-day Master taking a quick power nap as players and umpires looking at him.

Here are some of the best Tweets:

Now three… either way, its sad what's happening. #SLvInd

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) August 27, 2017

Pic of the Day – MS Dhoni takes a nap after crowd disturbance during the #SLvIND 3rd ODI

PC – @Madan_Chikna pic.twitter.com/DhW2TA4E3s

— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) August 27, 2017

Me in the morning: Bass 5 minute aur.. pic.twitter.com/E0N4fNSryX

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) August 27, 2017

When you've been successfully carrying the international team for 13 years and people still ask for your retirement : pic.twitter.com/z4VCYyTyEJ

— Manya (@CSKian716) August 27, 2017

It's for such occasions that channels need Vinod Kambli on standby for his expertise #INDvSL

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) August 27, 2017

Rohit : Bhai Crowd has gone mad, they are throwing stones and bottles in the ground. Kya karein?

Dhoni : #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/AmqFE8jPLS

— Chandramukhi?Stark (@FlawedSenorita) August 27, 2017

MS Dhoni takes a nap on the field as Sri Lankan fans hurl bottles. #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/P4hbbYQPK7

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) August 27, 2017

Me : I got lots of work to do, exams to write and assignments to submit on Monday.
Me on Sunday : pic.twitter.com/m2xCPnf6gX

— Sir Lazy (@iLazyLad) August 27, 2017

While Sindhu was given a yellow card for spending a minute extra getting her breath back, Dhoni is taking a nap on ground. Diff sports ? pic.twitter.com/HviyPan90P

— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) August 27, 2017

Plenty of police around now… #slvind pic.twitter.com/2XhQRVwYVA

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) August 27, 2017

Dhoni when Sakshi says bas 5 min mein ready ho ke aati hoon. #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/rM2HPSWBQD

— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) August 27, 2017

When bae says "everyone's at home". pic.twitter.com/dxxDNEejAe

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) August 27, 2017

Itni raat tak match kheloge to neend to aayegi hi pic.twitter.com/AdbDRpAvml

— Banā de Lohagarh (@kamleshksingh) August 27, 2017

This is me everytime there is an India-Srilanka ODI pic.twitter.com/eXKZz07HFu

— Harisankar (@harish_staycalm) August 27, 2017

Jeez, dont like to see this at a cricket ground… #slvind pic.twitter.com/morfcTjce6

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) August 27, 2017

Me during the twitter fight pic.twitter.com/uAPIWC9qaF

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) August 27, 2017

Sad scenes… #SLvInd pic.twitter.com/ulKeWSlbsU

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) August 27, 2017

Poor scenes at Pallekela. Spectators throwing bottles onto the ground and play has been stopped due to that. India need 8 runs #SLvIND

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) August 27, 2017

India should feel lucky that they are not playing in Pakistan. Had it been the case crowd would be throwing grenades instead of bottles.

— Smoking Skills (@SmokingSkills_) August 27, 2017