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Babar Azam's bat company insults MS Dhoni, says never heard of former Indian captain before

 Kane Williamson and Babar Azam's bat-sponsoring company Gray Nicolls passed an insulting remark on legendary Indian player MS Dhoni through their Facebook Post.

MS Dhoni in frame (Getty)
authorSportsTak
Wed, 24 Jul 11:40 PM IST

Legendary cricketer MS Dhoni will go down in history as one of the greatest players to grace the game of cricket and undoubtedly one of the greatest captains in history. He has a massive fan following and despite retiring from International cricket there has been no erosion in fan's love and admiration towards him. It is a usual sight for Dhoni's fans to get furious when someone tries to insult their idol and a similar sight was visible when Babar Azam's bat-sponsoring company Gray Nicolls passed an insulting remark on Dhoni from their Facebook page.

 

Gray Nicolls's insulting remark on MS Dhoni

 

Gray Nicolls, who sponsor Kane Williamson and Babar Azam, uploaded a Facebook post in which they mocked wicket-keepers who don't use their bats. They wrote "Are you even a wicketkeeper if you don't use Gray-Nicolls? Great to see Jamie Smith and Josh Da Silva keeping wickets in the ongoing Test series."

 

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The post was not taken lightly by one of the users, who asked, "Are you aware of a keeper named MS Dhoni?". However, the company's reply to it was extremely shocking as they wrote “Never Heard Of Them”

 

Recently, a Pakistan journalist also tried to compare MS Dhoni with Mohammad Rizwan after which he gotta befitting reply from former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh, who reminded him that Dhoni is levels ahead of Rizwan.

 

Harbhajan's reply to Pakistan journalist

 

Harbhajan Singh was stunned after reading by the post of a Pakistan journalist trying to compare MS Dhoni and Mohammad Rizwan. He even asked him what has he been smoking to think of something like this.

 

"What r u smoking nowadays ???? What a silly question to ask . Bhaiyo isko batao . DHONI bhut aage hai RIZWAN se Even if u will ask Rizwan he will give u an honest answer for this . I like Rizwan he is good player who always play with intent.. but this comparison is wrong. DHONI no 1 even today in world cricket . None better thn him behind stumps," wrote Harbhajan Singh replying to the post of a Pakistan journalist.

 

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