MS Dhoni enters ODI 10,000 runs club, but Twitter flays him for Lord’s loss

Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday became the only cricketer to enter the 10,000-run club with an average of over 50 runs. He became the 12th player to enter the club, and the fifth fastest. There were many who congratulated the firebrand cricketer for the historic feat, but many on microblogging site Twitter slammed him for his slow batting against England in the Lord’s ODI, where he scored 37 off 59 balls.

Among those who congratulated him for crossing the 10,000-run mark was Virender Sehwag. Here are some reactions:

Congratulations MS Dhoni on 10000 ODI runs. Fantastic achievement to do it at an average of 51.5 . — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 14, 2018

A special milestone for Ms Dhoni as he becomes the fourth Indian after the trio to complete 10,000 ODI runs! - pic.twitter.com/74l4un5E0H — Prashant Pareek (@prashan23S) July 14, 2018

MS Dhoni's achievement of 10,000 ODI runs is unique one.

He has scored more than 75% of his runs batting at No. 5 and below.

None of the other members in the 10000-club scored even 30% of their runs batting lower down the order.

Legend like none other! — BrokenStats (@Broken_Statz) July 14, 2018

10,000 ODI Runs For Ms Dhoni ! One Of The Biggest Milestone !

The only happy news for all of us as far as India's Batting Effort is concerned today.. 
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10,000 ODI Runs for MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI!!
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. pic.twitter.com/qGqzCABCf3 — Prashant Pareek (@prashan23S) July 14, 2018

However, there were many who expressed their anguish over Dhoni's sluggish innings against England in the Lord's ODI, where India was thrashed by 86 runs.

I can't wait for Dhoni to turn around and say. "no I didn't know anything about the 10000 mark." This is a farcical. Hit out or get out. #ENGvsIND — Daniel Beswick (@DGBeswick1) July 14, 2018

Dhoni to hit 4 sixes in the last two overs and his strike rate becomes 150 and we can all forget his approach in chasing a big score.

Of course this defeat is NOT to blamed upon him. But the approach when RR was 10? That's seriously questionable. #INDvENG — SwingAndSeam (@swing_seam) July 14, 2018

Ok you Gyani baba, at least others tried and got out. Dhoni never even tried. It's better to try and perish than to just see off the balls. Be the fan of game and be logical rather than being a blind fan. — Chandan (@sportsbloggerc1) July 14, 2018

having worked out that India weren't going to win this, Dhoni made the smart choice to get some time in the middle ahead of the Tests

oh wait....#ENGvIND

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) July 14, 2018

There is no doubt that it was Dhoni's talent and his great cricketing sense that made him the legend of the game, he’s an inspiration and I’ve the utmost respect and admiration for him but for the time being I think Karthik would be an ideal replacement for his slot @BCCI. — Prayank (@prayanksingh25) July 14, 2018

The wicket-keeper batsman on Saturday became the second wicket-keeper after Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara to achieve the feat. The firebrand cricketer is the third fastest Indian to hit the 10,000 mark. Dhoni took 273 innings to hit the 10K mark, the fifth fastest overall and third fastest by an Indian. Ricky Ponting achieved it in 266, Jacques Kallis in 272, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in 259 and 263 innings, respectively.