Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput faced the heat on Twitter after Mahendra Singh Dhoni failed to deliver with the bat against Mumbai Indians on Monday (April 24).
With Dhoni managing just 33 runs in the first four games of the Indian Premier League, fans and critics wasted no time in taking a dig at him. Not only the fans but some imminent cricket personalities also joined the bandwagon. Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly had expressed his doubt over Dhon’s credentials in the shortest format of the game
“I am not too sure if MS Dhoni is a good T20 player. He is a champion ODI player but when it comes to Twenty20 cricket, in 10 years, he has got one fifty and that’s not the best record,” Ganguly had said.
With the criticism increasing after every passing day, Sushant, who had essayed the role of Dhoni in his biographical film, had come out in his defence and had said it was just a matter of time before the batsman delivers.
https://twitter.com/itsSSR/status/853234700457918466
The moment arrived soon as Dhoni scored a match-winning 61* off just 34 balls to steer the Supergiant to a thrilling win against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
And while the fans and experts were lauding Dhoni for the brilliant knock, Sushant used it as opportunity to take a dig at Ganguly. While the actor did not name Ganguly, his tweet made it amply clear as to who he was targeting.
https://twitter.com/itsSSR/status/855816550409846784
His tweet had already caused so much outrage among the cricket fans and they finally got the opportunity to troll him after Dhoni failed to get going with the bat against Mumbai Indians. The former India skipper managed 7 runs of 11 balls and as soon as Dhoni was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah, the fans took to troll the actor.
Here are some of the best reactions.
https://twitter.com/BhGatGangulian/status/856588976882294784
https://twitter.com/venky_fanss/status/856587731882967040
#CricketExpertSushant Queen Elizabeth once asked Indian Govt to swap Kohinoor diamond and Sushant,fortunately our govt declined the proposal
— Satya Tej Kommineni (@SatyatejK) April 24, 2017
#CricketExpertSushant declared that RPS will win football worldcup in argentina
— Praveen Veluvolu (@pcveluvolu) April 24, 2017
Dhoni is a Finisher. So he will score only in Chasing Games.#CricketExpertSushant
— Venkat Raman (@Venkatgangulian) April 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/ImRitun/status/856601423680819200
Sourav Speaks finall#CricketExpertSushant @SouravGangulyCo @itsSSR pic.twitter.com/P93jkJh7Hb
— Polo Basu (@sarkar_prolay) April 24, 2017
#CricketExpertSushant Tahir runs all around the ground after every wicket to check if his guru Sushant is watching so that he can b proud pic.twitter.com/MpxpzkTuwv
— Satya Tej Kommineni (@SatyatejK) April 24, 2017
She: Tell me those 3 magical words.
Me: Cricket Expert Sushant.
**She blocked me** #CricketExpertSushant— Senor Artetaᴱᵈᵈᶦᵉ ᴸᵒⁿᵍᵇʳᶦᵈᵍᵉ (@MyLuvArsenal) April 24, 2017
There is trolling which is sad and then there is #CricketExpertSushant ..Am on a train and can't stop laughing…
— Sanjay Bhandari (@sanban80) April 24, 2017
I started watching cricket because of #CricketExpertSushant !! ?
— Shivaraj S Shetty (@Shvrj_Shetty) April 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/BhGatGangulian/status/856590923177709569
Dhoni is a Finisher. So he will score only in Chasing Games.#CricketExpertSushant
— Venkat Raman (@Venkatgangulian) April 24, 2017
#CricketExpertSushant
Ask sushanth, who will win IPL?— SJ (@sasankj) April 24, 2017