'His fearlessness...' -Yuvraj Singh's father heaps praise on Dhoni

Yograj Singh, father of former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, known mainly for criticising former India captain MS Dhoni and blaming the latter for a premature end to his son’s India career, took a U-turn as he praised the Ranchi-born cricketer who led India to the 2011 World Cup title.

Narrating an incident which took place when Dhoni was named captain of the Indian ODI team for the first time during the CB series in Australia in 2007-08, Yograj said that he admired Dhoni’s fearless attitude. 

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“What I liked the most about him was that he was a fearless man," he said on a YouTube channel called Unfiltered by Samdish.  

“If you remember in Australia, he was hit on the grill by Mitchell Johnson and he didn’t move a bit, he stood there and the next ball he pulled him for a six. Aise log kaafi kam hote hai (There are very few people like him),” added the 66-year-old. 

Yograj, a former India cricketer himself, also highlighted Dhoni’s captaincy skills and gave him a shoutout for being able to tell his players what to do. 

“I find Dhoni as a very motivated captain, who can tell people what to do. The best thing about Dhoni was that he could read the wicket and tell bowlers where to bowl,” he said. 

Earlier, during an interview with Zee Switch, Yograj had blamed Dhoni saying, “He should look at his face in the mirror. He is a very big cricketer, but what he has done against my son, can never be forgiven. That man (MS Dhoni) has destroyed the life of my son, who could have played four to five years more.”