MS Dhoni is arguably the most popular Indian cricketer of all time. The former Indian captain has left a great legacy behind him that fans will always cherish. Much like his persona on-field Dhoni off the field also stays within himself and very rarely stays active on social media.
The world of social media has become extremely necessary for all the athletes as they keep their fans updated about every happening in their life. Dhoni is different from the rest and fancies to stay away from the world of tweets and posts.
However, Dhoni has always had a cheeky sense of humour with which he often entertains all his supporters. The legendary cricketer has time to time left everyone in cracks with his unique tweets. With close to 8 million followers on Twitter, MS Dhoni makes sure that he makes the headlines with his sarcastic and amusing tweets.
Here are the 7 Best MS Dhoni Tweets That You Don’t Wanna Miss:
1. Trolling the Milkman of Ranchi
During our childhood we all heart stories about Dhoni getting his fuel and power from milk. Part of it was true as Dhoni was always been a Milk person since his childhood in Ranchi. In 2013 he surprised everyone with his tweet which involved an interesting calculation relating to Milk delivery in his hometown.
He tweeted, “In Ranchi, if the milkman delivers milk to ur house, he charges 32 rs, but if u go and pick it from his place, he asks for 34 rs”.
In Ranchi if the milkman delivers milk to ur house he charges 32 rs but if u go and pick it from his place he asks for 34 rs.
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) August 1, 2013
Dhoni was trying to paint a picture that Milkman in Ranchi charge more when someone tries to buy Milk from the store. This witty tweet is still talked by all his fans as Dhoni in his style trolled all Milkman of his city.
2. Predicting Rohit will Score 250 Runs
Rohit was batting like a dream during an ODI match against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens. By then he had already scored his maiden double hundred against Australia. Dhoni was rested for the series and like everyone was glued to the television and was watching Rohit’s mastery.
During the innings, he tweeted, “If Rohit doesn’t get out, he will certainly get 250 today”.
If Rohit doesn't get out he will certainly get 250 today
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) November 13, 2014
Rohit answered his captain’s call in style and did just that by registering the highest individual ODI score. The Indian opener made 264 runs and Dhoni’s prediction became true.
3. Communicating With Sakshi Dhoni On Twitter
The world is driven by social media and families now prefer to interact on social media rather than personally. A true example of this was when Dhoni communicated with his wife Sakshi on twitter.
Dhoni in 2011 tweeted, “Me and my wife in the same room but communicating via Twitter”.
Me and my wife in the same room but communicating via twitter
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) November 5, 2011
Now, this was a laughably funny tweet as Dhoni was trying to explain the obsession that people have with social media. It was also an indication by Dhoni about what to expect from the world of social media in future.
4. Entertainment > Win
Dhoni has always been a proud football fanatic even before he started playing cricket. Before a picked a cricket bat Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his school team in Ranchi. In 2014, before the famous El Clasico match between Real Madrid and Barcelona Dhoni wrote a famous tweet.
Dhoni tweeted, “Doesn’t matter which team wins, I am here for Entertainment”.
Doesn't matter which team wins,I am here for entertainment
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) March 23, 2014
Fans of both Madrid and Barcelona are extremely passionate that wants a win at any cost. But MSD told everyone that for him it’s the entertainment why he will be tuning to watch the most hyped football match.
5. The Birth of SIR Ravindra Jadeja
The bonding of Jadeja and Dhoni is well known. Dhoni since the beginning of Jadeja’s career has always found the way to pull his leg. During a tense clash with RCB in IPL 2013 CSK needed 2 runs to win off 1 ball. Jadeja was caught off the last ball but CSK won as it was a no-ball.
After the win, Dhoni wrote, “When you give Sir Ravindra Jadeja one ball to get two runs, he will win it with one ball to spare !!”
When you give Sir Ravindra Jadeja one ball to get 2 runs he will win it with one ball to spare !!
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) April 13, 2013
This was one of the unforgettable tweets and probably the highlight of MS Dhoni in his Twitter career.
6. Comparing Virender Sehwag with Viv Richards
Virender Sehwag was a one of a king incredible batsman that played Test like an ODI match. He scored more than 8k runs at an SR of 83 for a decade. When in 2015 Sehwag decided to hang his boots Dhoni put Sehwag in the same bracket as the great West Indies batsman Viv Richards.
“Didn’t see Viv Richards bat in person but I can proudly say I have witnessed Virender Sehwag tearing apart the best bowling attacks”, was MSD’s tweet.
Didn't see Viv Richards bat in person but I can proudly say I have witnessed Virender Sehwag tearing apart the best bowling attacks
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) October 20, 2015
Richards and Sehwag are both well known for their destructive batting. The two were a carbon copy of each other for the way they batted and provided sheer entertainment to millions all around the world.
7. Taking a Dig at the India Commentators
MS Dhoni is a huge Amitabh Bachchan fan and is one of the few people that he follows on social media platforms.
In 2016 Amitabh had tweeted, “With all due respects, it would be really worthy of an Indian commentator to speak more about our players than others all the time”.
Nothing to add https://t.co/8rBel3vw4o
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) March 23, 2016
The Bollywood Megastar clearly wished that Indian player shall be given more importance by the Indian commentators. Dhoni responded to his tweet and commented, “Nothing to add,” and agreed with the legendary actor.