“Asli Followers MS Dhoni Ke Hain, Baaki Sab Paid”: Harbhajan Singh Triggers Big Controversy | Cricket Information

Fan wars in Indian cricket is not unusual. Once in a while, fan teams of 1 cricketer get into debates with the fan teams of different cricketers. In India, cricketers are like Gods, with fan armies that exude unparalleled ardour for the participant and the sport. Nonetheless, former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh made fairly a controversial assertion, as he steered that the one Indian cricketer, at current, who has ‘actual followers’ is former India captain Chennai Tremendous Kings’ ‘Thala’ MS Dhoni.

Harbhajan’s remark got here because the IPL 2025 season neared its resumption with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders match on Saturday. Throughout a chat on JioStar, Harbhajan triggered an issue as he steered that Dhoni’s followers are actual whereas the variety of different gamers’ followers additionally embrace a ‘paid’ element.

“If any cricketer has actual followers, it is Dhoni. The remainder are paid,” Harbhajan mentioned.

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“Kitna bacha hua hai aur jab tak dum hai khelo bhai. Meri group hoti to shayad foremost kuch aur resolution leta,” Harbhajan mentioned durig the present.”Aur seedhi si baat hai fan to chahenge kyunki unke fan jo hai. Mujhe lagta hai ki sabse zyada fan agar asal wale fan jo hai wo unke hello hai (CSK). Baaki to ye bane banaye hai jo aajkal social media aadha to paid hello chalta hai par ye inke fan jo hai wo asali hai. Inke jo fan hai wo sahi mein fan hai. Baaki yahan wahan jo aap quantity dekhte ho wo chhodiye quantity unke upar kabhi baithenge to charcha karenge,” he added.

“MS Dhoni iss baar dekhein to accha khele hain, theek thaak khele,” the previous spinner additional remarked. 

Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra, who was additionally part of the dialogue, instructed Harbhajan that he should not have mentioned ‘a lot fact’.

Some followers even questioned if Harbhajan’s assertion was a dig at Virat Kohli’s followers, who had gathered in giant numbers to pay tribute to the India batter after he determined to retire from Check cricket a couple of days in the past.

Regardless of the RCB vs KKR match in Bengaluru being washed out as a consequence of incessant rain, Kohli’s followers donned the batter’s Check whites, as a tribute to him. A big chunk of followers even requested the 36-year-old to revisit his resolution to stop the longest format of the sport so early.