ICC World Cup 2019: Former Team India skipper slammed for "baffling" knock

India Team lost their first match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup on Sunday. After winning 5 out of their first 6 matches, India failed to track down 338 against England on a flat pitch at Edgbaston on Sunday.

Dhoni’s batting towards end leaves fans confused

Wicketkeeper-batsman M.S. Dhoni once again found himself at the receiving end for not playing well against England Team as they lost by 31 runs at Edgbaston.

Scoring 337 on Sunday, India could only get 306/5 in their match of 50 overs with Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav remaining not out on 42 of 31 balls and 12 of 13 balls.

Dhoni’s batting approach was questioned by many

India lose, Pakistan out! #INDvENG #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/QKQwtZKSAE

— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) June 30, 2019

https://twitter.com/Neetahoon/status/1145392351738654720

Dhoni waiting for the 49th over. pic.twitter.com/uI0VWl7EiN

— Alagappan Vijayakumar (@IndianMourinho) June 30, 2019

If there was any team that had the ability to stop India’s winning run. It was England. Dhoni’s approach in the last few overs however was baffling. ?

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) June 30, 2019

Kohli just added this to his Job Profile:

* Defending MS Dhoni after every match #CWC19 #INDvENG

— Stereotypewriter (@babumoshoy) June 30, 2019

Dhoni man #ENGvsIND pic.twitter.com/opw7JygPb5

— Senthil (@21senthil21) June 30, 2019

.@sanjaymanjrekar termed MS Dhoni’s approach in the death overs as ‘baffling’ ?

The former India captain and @JadhavKedar contributed only 39 runs from the last 31 balls, when the required run rate was fairly steep ?

Do Pakistan favs still believe?#CWC19 #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/dzKe8t7sjZ

— Cricingif (@_cricingif) June 30, 2019

“If there was any team that had the ability to stop India’s winning run. It was England. Dhoni’s approach in the last few overs, however, was baffling,” said Manjrekar on Twitter.

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Kohli came to Dhoni’s defence

Virat Kohli said in the interview that the wicket got slower towards the end of the game which made scoring a little difficult for MS Dhoni.

“I think MS was trying really hard to get the boundary but it wasn’t coming off. They bowled in good areas and the ball was stopping, hence it was difficult to bat towards the end,” Kohli said after the game finished.