BCCI is already in preparation mood for T20 World Cup 2026. It is reported that the Board of Control for Cricket in India has offered former captain MS Dhoni to become a mentor. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India won the first edition of the T20 World Cup (2007), India will land as defending champions in the next World Cup. Taking a dig at the question of Dhoni being offered mentor offers, former cricketer Manoj Tiwari said that did he pick up the phone? He said that it is difficult to contact him.

Former Indian cricketer and currently West Bengal minister Manoj Tiwari while talking to news agency ANI said, “Did he pick up the phone? Because as far as I know it is difficult to contact him on the phone. The answer to the message is also very difficult, many players have said this in their time. If they read the message, what will you answer or not, then it will be given to them. Whether you will accept it or not, it is very difficult for me to say what will they bring in Team India. “

It will be interesting to see Dhoni and Gambhir pair

Manoj Tiwari further said, “The one who has been a captain and a player as a player will come in handy. Because all the players are emerging and remain the stars of Team India, respect them a lot and listen to them. The biggest thing will be that the pair of MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir will also be seen.”

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– ANI (@ani) August 30, 2025

Let me tell you that MS Dhoni became the mentor of the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2021. In that edition, the Indian team lost to Pakistan and New Zealand in Super 12 and could not even reach the semi -finals.

Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwari has become a topic of discussion. He has also taunted MS Dhoni to Gautam Gambhir. On one hand, he said that MS Dhoni never supported him as captain. Now he has described Gautam Gambhir, the head coach of the Indian cricket team, as ‘hypocritical’. The relations of both Tiwari and Gambhir have not been very good. His abuse incident in a Ranji match played in Delhi is not hidden from anyone. Manoj Tiwari has taunted Gambhir in the context of India vs Pakistan match.

During the talks with a crick tracker, Manoj Tiwari mentioned an old interview of Gautam Gambhir, in which Gambhir said that India should not play with Pakistan until terrorism stops from across the border. Manoj also mentioned Gambhir’s statement that he did not play with Pakistan, which he gave after the Pahalgam terror attack. Gambhir’s words were clear that Team India should not play any match with Pakistan, he gave this statement as the head coach of Team India.

Gautam Gambhir is hypocritical …

Gautam Gambhir’s old statements were telling something else. Now the situation is that in the Asia Cup 2025, India and Pakistan can clash not one or two but 3 times. They will have a group match on September 14 and after that both teams reach the Super-4 stage and then the finals, thus both teams may collide 3 times.

Manoj Tiwari said, “I have always considered Gautam Gambhir as a hypocritical. He is a hypocrite because when he was not a coach, he said that he should not have a match between India and Pakistan. What will he do now? Gambhir is now the head coach of the Team India who is going to play with Pakistan in the Asia Cup. Gambhir does not resign saying that he will not be a part of the Indian team, which is not going to be a part of the Indian team.”

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Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwari has made a big disclosure. He represented Team India in 15 international matches, he could achieve a new place in his career, but often people use the word ‘unfortunate’ for him. Tiwari does not agree with this. He claimed a huge claim that MS Dhoni did not like him, that is why he was not supported due to good performance.

In a conversation with Crick Tracker, Manoj Tiwari was asked that MS Dhoni was known for giving full support to the players. Did Dhoni give him full support, in response to this, Tiwari tightened many tauts on the former captain of India.

Dhoni did not support

On getting support from Dhoni, Manoj Tiwari said, “Whether or not Dhoni used to support the players, the players could have different opinions. I can tell my experience, if Dhoni had supported the players, I would definitely give me opportunities

Manoj Tiwari says that what happened after that match, they stopped getting opportunities. Tiwari says that it was difficult for him to understand why Dhoni did not support him, because according to him, good performance was the only way to secure a place in the playing XI.

Dhoni did not like

Manoj Tiwari further said that he cannot say anything for another. However, Dhoni repeatedly proved that he is a great captain. He said, “Dhoni’s leadership quality was very good, but why I did not get support, I can not know this. Only Dhoni can answer this. But I think there were some special players whom Dhoni loved very much and was giving him full support at that time.”

Tiwari even said that in cricket, choice and dislikes go a lot. He considers himself one of the names that were disliked.

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The Punjab Kings, captained by Shreyas Iyer, are included in the Top 4 and also a strong contender to make a place in the playoffs. Punjab, captained by Shreyas Iyer, has won 5 in 9 matches while 3 have lost. The last match had to be satisfied with 1 point due to the cancellation of rain due to rain. Of course Punjab is going well but the former Indian cricketer who has played for this team has said that if the team goes like this, it will not win the title.

Former Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwari wrote on his X (Twitter) that Punjab Kings cannot win the title like this even if they remain in the top 2. He has also targeted Punjab Kings coach Ricky Ponting and has criticized some of his decisions.

What did Manoj Tiwari write

Manoj Tiwari wrote, “It seems that Punjab Kings will not win the IPL Trophy this season because today I saw that when Punjab was batting, coach (Ricky Ponting) did not send the inforous batsmen Nehal Vadhera and Shashank Singh up, but he did not trust foreign players but he could not do well. He could not do well. He will also stay away from the title after making a place. “

My gut feeling says that Punjab Team will not be able to win the #IPL Trophy this season beCause what i saw today when they were batting

– Manoj Tiwary (@Tiwarymanoj) April 26, 2025

Maxwell flop once again

Priyansh Arya (69) and Prabhasiraman Singh (83) gave Punjab Kings a great start, both added 120 runs for the first wicket. After falling the first wicket in the 12th over, Prabhasimran was out in the 15th over, after which Maxwell was dismissed for 7 runs in 8 balls. After this, Marco Jansen returned to the pavilion after scoring 3 runs in 7 balls. Of course Punjab scored 201, but the way the team started, the team was able to score 20 runs.