IPL2021:’MS Dhoni was very angry, he scolded Ashwin too’:Sehwag

Former India opener Virender Sehwag recalled an incident when MS Dhoni was unhappy with Ravichandran Ashwin and even ended up ‘scolding’ him for giving a not so sporty send-off to Glenn Maxwell during an IPL match between the Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab (Now Punjab Kings).The way he described Ashwin’s celebration, it appeared to be the Qualifier 2 of IPL 2014.

Sehwag said Ashwin had picked up some dirt from the pitch-side and blew it towards the dressing room after dismissing Maxwell. Sehwag was at the non-striker’s end at that time and Ashwin was playing for the Dhoni-led CSK.

“Even when I was playing for Punjab, Ashwin dismissed Maxwell, picked up some dust and blew it off [in celebration]. I didn’t like that scene either but I didn’t come out publicly to say that he should not have done that or it was against the spirit of the game, although MS Dhoni was very angry about it and scolded him a lot too,” Sehwag told Cricbuzz while sharing his views on the ‘spirit of the game’ debate after the Ashwin-Morgan heated debate in IPL 2021.

“But it was Ashwin’s wish to do that and if someone had come out talking about it in the media or social media it might have caused an uproar too. This is the player’s responsibility, right?”

“What happens inside should remain inside. If more things from the inside start coming out, I can guarantee every match will have something like this that will cause an uproar. The spirit of the game also says that players should leave what happens inside the ground as is and move on,” he added.