5 selfish acts involving famous cricketers

India v Australia - ODI Series: Game 3
India v Australia - ODI Series: Game 3

1. MS Dhoni's knock against England in 2018

England v India - 2nd ODI: Royal London One-Day Series
England v India - 2nd ODI: Royal London One-Day Series

On their tour to the United Kingdom in 2018, India had a positive start against England. They won the T20I series 2-1 and the spirits of the players were high. When these two teams met in the 3-match ODI series, India had a great start as they won the first ODI by 8 wickets and 59 balls left.

But England came back strong in the second match. They won the toss and opted to bat first. A century from Joe Root and fifties from Eoin Morgan and David Willey steered them to 322/7 in 50 overs.

India's highly reliable top-four couldn't really convert their starts in this match. Suresh Raina looked good for his 63-ball 46 but got out at the wrong time. MS Dhoni, who was batting at one end, kept running out of partners constantly. After Hardik Pandya was dismissed in the 39th over, there wasn't any batting left.

So, MS Dhoni was expected to go after the bowlers and get India as close as possible to the target. But the wicket-keeper batsman didn't bother about scoring quickly and fended at a lot of deliveries. He was even booed by the crowd and was dismissed after scoring 37 off 59 balls. He hit just two fours during his knock and India eventually lost the match by 86 runs. The team went on to lose the series as well later on.

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