Twitter reacts to MS Dhoni's removal as the RPS captain

Published - 19 Feb 2017, 16:58 IST | Updated - 19 Feb 2017, 16:58 IST

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In a shocking turn of events, MS Dhoni has been sacked from the captaincy role of the franchise Rising Pune Supergiants, a day before the player auctions. He had recently stepped down from the captaincy of the India’s limited-overs side and handed it over to Virat Kohli.

But here, he has not voluntarily left the job but the owner of the team Sanjiv Goenka confirmed that he has been removed from the skipper’s job and Steven Smith would be the new captain of the side.

“Dhoni has not stepped down. We have appointed Steve Smith as the skipper for the upcoming season. Frankly speaking, we did not have a good last season and we wanted someone young to lead the side and revamp it ahead of the upcoming season 10”, he was quoted as saying by Deccan Chronicle.

It comes as a hugely surprising news as Dhoni has always been the captain of both the T20 sides that he played for in the IPL. Previously, he was in charge of the Chennai Super Kings and led them to two IPL titles. After CSK was suspended in the year 2016, he moved to the new franchise of RPS.

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He was a highly successful captain with CSK with the team making it to the playoffs on each of the 8 occasions. However, his stint with the RPS wasn’t that fruitful as the team finished second from the bottom on the points table, the reason why the team owner was forced to make the bold move.

It will now be interesting to see how Smith leads the side as he comes from a foreign nation and Dhoni knew all about the nature of the Indian surfaces and how to manoeuvre the bowlers around. The speculations are that Dhoni would still be the backbone of the side despite Smith being the captain.

Here is how twitter reacted to the shocking decision:

Steve Smith replaces MS Dhoni as the captain of Rising Pune Supergiants. pic.twitter.com/1LlaMin6X3
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) February 19, 2017

Steve Smith is a great captain, great cricketer.. but by no means he can be a better capatain than Dhoni in the IPL !
— Dhaya Alagiri (@dhayaalagiri) February 19, 2017

if Pune Super Giants is not happy with Dhoni's captaincy, I'm sure they will never be happy ! good luck for the tournament ..
— Dhaya Alagiri (@dhayaalagiri) February 19, 2017

Am i the only one who feels this year is going to be the last IPL season for MS Dhoni !? ?
— Manas. (@That_MSDian) February 19, 2017

MS Dhoni captaincy record in IPL: 143 Match, 83 Won, 59 Lost, 1 NR.
Steve Smith captaincy record in IPL: 9 Match, 6 Won, 3 Lost. #IPL2017
— Dharmendra Pant (@DMPant) February 19, 2017

Steve Smith as captain? Wary of having overseas skippers in the IPL if there's an Indian alternative available. RPS has Rahane-Ashwin #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 19, 2017

MS Dhoni can step down as a captain of the team but he always remain our Captain and no franchise can remove him from our heart #IPLauction
— Virender Sehwag (@VirenderSehweg) February 19, 2017

#RisingPuneSupergiants Removes MS Dhoni As Captain. Australia's Steven Smith To Be New Captain. 2 Min Of Silence For #RPS.#IPL10 #IPL2017 pic.twitter.com/Vyy8x2a2Fd
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) February 19, 2017

MS #Dhoni's Last 5 Balls As A Captain Of #RisingPuneSupergiants – 6 0 4 6 6.
RT If You Still Want Him As Captain. #IPL10 #IPL2017 pic.twitter.com/QIucZ3hIyc
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) February 19, 2017

"MS Dhoni was cooperation personified when informed him. He is a great leader but I want a young captain" – Sanjeev Goenka (Via India Today)
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) February 19, 2017

If u don't no d value of "CAPTAIN" MS Dhoni ,u don't deserve 2 have him in ur side. #CSK will b glad 2 have him back.
— Preetesh Kumar Yadav (@7Preetesh) February 19, 2017

MS Dhoni
Pune team removed Dhoni from captaincy
I think this is time to remove Pune team from IPL
— Abhishek Altekar (@AbhishekAltekar) February 19, 2017

MS DHONI is most successful captain who lead @ChennaiIPL for 8 years
And he set record by winning most number of matches78/129 for csk
— TEAM MS DHONI (@imDhoni_fc) February 19, 2017

There are very little crowd for RPS dat too fr MS Dhoni.even those people gets drop definately by dis decision? #RisingPuneSupergiants ??
— shweta roy (@shweraroy) February 19, 2017

When other teams are dying to have a captain like MS Dhoni, but @RPSupergiants have Changed the Captain.#risingPuneSupergiants pic.twitter.com/fSEJkMol11
— MS Dhoni™ (@BleedDhonism) February 19, 2017

MS Dhoni removed as Rising Pune Supergiants captain & Australia's Steve Smith to take over.
#IPL2017 ? pic.twitter.com/SNpYmGUl7y
— Fukkard (@Fukkard) February 19, 2017