Video of Nehra abusing Dhoni after a missed chance is viral on internet.
Former India fast bowler Ashish Nehra and MS Dhoni have a good friendship on and off the field. Apart from team India, Nehra has played under Dhoni's captaincy for Chennai super Kings as well, in the years 2014 and 2015, which helped him make a comeback for India.
He went on to play for India in the T20 World Cup 2016. The friendship between them has only got better with time. But there was an on-field incident in which Nehra looks back and feels it isn't something he is proud of.
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A video of him abusing Dhoni is often talked about. The incident happened in 2005 when the India wicket-keeper was new to international cricket. It was the match against Pakistan when Shahid Afridi nicked one behind the stumps and the ball went between Dhoni and Rahul Dravid at first slip.
"I distinctly remember that match in Visakhapatnam. It was the second ODI of that series. In a video that went viral, I am seen hurling abuses at MS after an edge off Shahid Afridi’s bat goes between Dhoni and Rahul Dravid at first slip. People assume it’s from the Vizag match, but that incident is from the fourth ODI in Ahmedabad. However, I must admit I am not proud of my behavior,” he told The Times of India.
"I had been hit for six by Afridi off just the previous ball. There was the usual pressure of an India-Pakistan match. Suddenly, I created a chance and it was missed.
"I lost my cool. That wasn’t the only incident where a player has lost his cool in that manner. Both Dravid and Dhoni were fine with me after the game but that doesn’t justify my behaviour," Nehra added.
Nehra retired from international cricket in 2017 under Virat Kohli's captaincy.
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