Recently Indian cricket team won the Asian Cup by beating Bangladesh cricket team in the finale. It was the 7th time that India was lifting this trophy of Asia Cup. The men in blue gave an amazing performance throughout the tournament in all the three formats of the match.
Khaleel Ahmed, who made a brilliant International debut in this tournament as he took four wickets in two matches and also scored some crucial runs and saved the day for Indian cricket team in the match against Afghanistan. He impressed one and all with his performance in the tournament.
And in order to appreciate his performance, we saw how he was handed over the trophy. A picture went viral on internet where the youngest player in the team Khaleel Ahmed was seen holding the winning trophy. However, the world for yet another time bowed down to MS Dhoni as it was revealed it was MS Dhoni who asked captain, Rohit Sharma to let Khaleel Ahmed hold the winning trophy.
Khaleel Ahmed himself revealed that it was MS Dhoni, who asked Rohit Sharma to hand over the trophy to him. He revealed :
“Dhoni bhai asked Rohit Sharma to let me hold the trophy on the dais. He gave me the trophy because I was the youngest member in the team and it was my debut series. It was a memorable experience for me.”
He added :
“When Dhoni bhai and Rohit asked me to hold the winning trophy, I had no words.I became emotional and will never forget that moment,”
Twitter is flooded with tweets of praises for MS Dhoni once again. People are going berserk over the nice gesture of MS Dhoni towards the youngsters in the team. Here, have a look at how twitterati reacted :
https://twitter.com/Dhoni7_fc/status/1049223411174596608
https://twitter.com/onlyformsdhoni/status/1049205676696690688
#GoodCulture #RohitSharma emulates #MSDhoni, makes youngster #KhaleelAhmed hold Asia Cup 2018 trophy #AsiaCupfinal #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/E8VyYOGotr
— rajesh karunakaran (@rk220173) September 29, 2018
What a sweet gesture. Inspiring the youngsters. #KhaleelAhmed lifting the trophy #AsiaCupFinal #INDVBAN
— Nithisha Nasser (@jennathnithisha) September 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/govpad01/status/1045962326665396224
Khaleel Ahmad with the trophy along with Chahal and Sid Kaul. Dhoni, Rohit and rest of the senior players on sidelines. How can you not love Indian Team
? #AsiaCupFinal #INDvBAN
— Abbas Haider (@abbas_haiderr) September 28, 2018
? #INDvBAN @khaleelahmed lifting the trophy. Seniors aside. The culture of team India. Proud of you boys 🙂 @BCCI proud of you you are winning hearts pic.twitter.com/ZeKYBzCpdZ
— ?? ?? Anti Corona inspector (Thakur)?? ?? (@imRheaT) September 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/nairthegr8/status/1045778441281449984
all useless people praising @ImRo45 for the things he didnt do……………………it was MS who said him………..khaleel ahmed will definetly not get chance next time under rohits temporary captaincy????? https://t.co/8N435chIcp
— Avni (@avni96811008) October 8, 2018
True leader….
— Satyam Aditya Singh (@adityasatyam9) October 8, 2018
We just loved the gesture of MS Dhoni, he never fails to take our hearts away with his gestures.
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