MS Dhoni’s career graph went up and down, but friendship remained intact: RP Singh

India driver, T20 World Cup winner RP Singh, who was once seen as the brilliant replacement for legendary left-arm player Zaheer Khan, has revealed that he himself had no answer as to why his career was seen. truncated early.

While chatting with former India starter Aakash Chopra, the UP-born left-arm pacemaker also spoke about his friendship with hitter MS Dhoni.

RP Singh said that he and Dhoni had known each other even before being selected to play in India.

“We used to spend time together, then he became captain and his graph kept going up and down mine. But our friendship is intact and we still talk and roam together. On cricket matters we have different opinions.”

RP Singh also revealed that he asks Dhoni what he could have done to be a better cricket player.

“I didn’t get that answer. Dhoni said ‘yes, you are working hard, but it could be by luck,'” RP Singh said, adding that he agreed with the latter’s response.

Singh was the second-best wicket player in the inaugural T20 World Cup, but he was only able to play 3 T20 internationals after that.

Test and ODI’s career didn’t flourish as much either and ended in 14 and 58 games, respectively.

When asked what led to a sudden change in his promising career, RP Singh said that he himself does not have the answer.

“I was at the top, in terms of performance, but I also couldn’t save my place in Tests or ODI. I played IPL and I think I was one of the most wicket players in 3 or 4 seasons, but I couldn’t play games in May because Captain did not trust me or my performance may have actually decreased. “

“The selectors never gave me that answer, even after I asked and they just said, ‘Keep working hard, your time will come’ (rake your mehnat kar tera waqt jarur aaega),” said RP Singh.

RP Singh, 34, announced his retirement from international cricket in 2018.