India's limited overs skipper MS Dhoni feels the harrowing time he along with other teammates faced post India’s early exit from the 2007 World Cup made him a stronger human being. Dhoni recalled the sequence of events Team India had to face once they landed home
Virender Sehwag (top left) Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, (bottom left), Dinesh Karthik and Anil Kumble look dejected after India’s loss to Sri Lanka during the 2007 World Cup tie at Trinidad. Pic/AFP
India's limited overs skipper MS Dhoni feels the harrowing time he along with other teammates faced post India’s early exit from the 2007 World Cup made him a stronger human being. Dhoni recalled the sequence of events Team India had to face once they landed home.
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“When we landed in Delhi, there was a lot of media. At times, people feel that we are not emotional enough about it, but I always felt, as sports persons, you have to be strong enough to go through everything and it has to be within yourself,” Dhoni was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.
“It is not about coming for a press conference and crying about stuff, or crying in the field about what has happened,” he added.
Fans pelted stones at Dhoni’s residence after the Rahul Dravid-led side crashed out in the first round of the World Cup following defeats to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The 2011 World Cup winning captain said the ensuing reactions against him and the team had a big impact and to some extent that experience was a big turning point in his life.
“At that point of time, when we landed, we had to get out in a police van. I was sitting next to Viru (Virender Sehwag) paaji,” Dhoni said while addressing the media in New York, ahead of the release of his biopic, ‘MS Dhoni: The
Untold Story’ on Thursday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni in New York on Thursday. Pic/PTI
“We were travelling at a speed of 60 or 70 kms, and that’s quite a bit for India, that too on the narrow roads. And media cars followed us. It felt as if we had committed a big crime, or we were like some murderers or terrorists. We were actually chased by them.
“After a while, we entered a police station. We went there, we sat for a while and then we left in our cars after 15-20 minutes. That actually had a big impact on me and I channelised the aggression to become a better cricketer and a better human being.”
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