Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh recently made a statement that created a stir on social media. Many people were enraged at his statement and accused him of making a statement against Virat Kohli.
Harbhajan’s statement came on Saturday, when he was talking to the media during a match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, which was being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). During this time, he discussed the future of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. A report said that Dhoni can also play in the next IPL season, and Harbhajan gave his opinion about it.
Harbhajan spoke on Dhoni’s fan base
The former Indian spinner said that if Dhoni had been a member of his team, he would take a separate decision on Dhoni’s role, but still he admitted that Dhoni should keep playing as much as he wants. During this time, Harbhajan said that Dhoni has a “real fan base”, while the rest of the players depend on “tree fans and PR”.
Harbhajan said, “Dhoni should play as much as he has to play. If it was my team, I would take a separate decision. Fans want him to play. Dhoni has real fans, while the rest of the players depend on fans or paid fans on social media.”
Hearing this statement of Harbhajan, the cricket expert Akash Chopra on the panel could not stop laughing. He jokingly said, “Not to tell the truth so much,” Harbhajan, on this, said, “Somebody had to tell the truth.”
Fans special tribute for Virat Kohli
Subsequently, after Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket at the stadium in Bangalore, his fans made a special gesture to give him a fayelwell. Wearing Kohli’s jersey number 18, all the fans appeared in white in the stadium. However, no ball could be thrown due to rain in this match, and the match was canceled.
Despite this, Bangalore got a point and reached the top in the points table again. Now Bangalore will have to win one of their next two matches to make it to the playoffs.
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