‘Aagey Se Dhyaan Rakhna’: Ishwar Pandey Recalls MS Dhoni Scolding Him For Dismissing AB De Villiers During An IPL Game

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Madhya Pradesh bowler Ishwar Pandey, who recently announced his retirement from all cricket, has recalled an instance when he was severely scolded by CSK captain MS Dhoni for dismissing AB de Villiers during an IPL game.

Pandey played a couple of seasons for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League under MS Dhoni and his impressive performances also got him selected in the Indian team squad for the England and New Zealand tours in 2014-15.

While announcing his retirement on social media, Pandey said: “It was an honour to be part of the Indian team for the Test series against England and New Zealand. Though I was not fortunate enough to play a game for my country, to still be a part of the Indian team will always be the most special memory of my life.”

He also played in a couple of warmup matches, but couldn’t quite do enough to warrant a place in the Indian playing XI. This is all despite picking up 18 wickets in 25 IPL matches.

‘I Told You Not To Bowl The Yorker’- MS Dhoni Scolded Me For Dismissing AB De Villiers: Ishwar Pandey

Ishwar Pandey, in conversation with Dainik Bhaskar, revealed an incident when MS Dhoni, his captain at CSK, scolded him heavily for dismissing Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter, the great AB de Villiers with a picture-perfect yorker.

This was during the 37^th match of the IPL 2015, where CSK had posted 148/9 and during the case, de Villiers had raced to 21 off 13 balls having struck five boundaries in a rollicking start.

“Once we were playing a match against RCB in Bangalore. When AB de Villiers came to bat, Mahi bhai handed me the ball and told me not deliver a yorker and bowl well. I beat de Villiers three or four balls and got hit for a four off the fifth delivery. There was one ball left so I thought I’d hit the yorker,” Pandey told Dainik Bhaskar.

“I bowled a yorker but it became a low full toss. De Villiers got out on the same ball. After getting the wicket, Dhoni came to me and scolded me. Although he wasn’t serious, Dhoni said ‘I told you not to bowl the yorker’. Then later, patting his back, he said – Never mind, aagey se dhyaan rakhna,” he added.

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