https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/don-t-criticise-individual-preferences-ms-dhoni-on-players-skipping-the-ranji-trophy-1170218

"Individual preference over institutional rules and practices should not be criticised"

MS Dhoni thinks of himself as bigger than the game and institutions which shaped him. In evolved societies, such statements by men in power are registered as immediate red flags. Historian and former Committee of Administrators (COA) member Ramachandra Guha was not off the mark in his assessment of personality cults ruining India's cricket culture.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/above-all-else/cid/1462956

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/ramachandra-guhas-resignation-letter-questions-ms-dhoni-getting-grade-a-contract-1707022

This is the same person who did not resign from captaincy when Ind were going through a terrible patch under him and even the selectors wanted him out. Pushed out all the seniors on the excuse of fitness and is now hogging the spot with a much, much worse record than any of those seniors ever did.

Remember the 2019 World Cup disaster. This guy's personality cult sabotaged the reparations. Honest selectors and administrators work was impeded which only damaged Indian Cricket. It's a domino effect.

He also refused to play Vijay Hazare game he was available for. And that was after national selector announced that he would be playing. Quite embarrassing for the organization.

https://theprint.in/sport/even-after-chief-selector-msk-prasads-comments-dhonis-future-remains-in-his-own-hands/313344/

https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/indias-team-selection-for-west-indies-tour-cautious-msk-prasad-deflects-ms-dhoni-question-with-promise-to-rishabh-pant/334606

IPL has become this guy's turf for thug like behavior.

https://www.iplt20.com/video/167876/when-ms-dhoni-lost-his-cool-

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/for-ms-dhoni-to-storm-onto-the-field-and-berate-the-umpires-was-just-plain-wrong/articleshow/68858919.cms?from=mdr

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/ms-dhoni-rr-vs-csk-ipl2019-umpiring-controversy-1500457-2019-04-12

How the fuck does CSK end up on top of the Fair Play table every time. Kane Williamson loses SRH a point for petting a dog intruding the ground on the name of interrupting the game. MS Dhoni gains CSK a bunch of points for running into the field with a Cricket bat and putting the Umpire in a choke hold and getting him to signal a change in decision, on the name of upholding the spirit of the game.

All of this in cahoots with N. Srinivasan mafia which brought down the integrity and standard of World Cricket. They have created themselves a cush, plum pathway through CSK. What does the secret tie breaker and other rules tell you about the conduct and organization of the IPL. Srinivasan had such a stranglehold on the Indian Cricket system and BCCI for a period that it got the Ambanis worried, That they had to arrive a settlement.

https://wisden.com/stories/global-t20-leagues/indian-premier-league-2022/the-secret-tiebreaker-rule-that-decided-two-of-the-most-famous-auction-buys-in-ipl-history

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-news-secret-tiebreak-rule-helped-some-franchises-552488