सचिन तेंदुलकर ने अफ़गानिस्तान के ख़िलाफ़ भारतीय बल्लेबाज़ों के ख़राब प्रदर्शन पर निराशा जताई थी. सचिन ने ख़ासकर मध्यक्रम में धोनी और जाधव की धीमी बल्लेबाज़ी पर सवाल उठाये थे.

मैच के बाद सचिन ने एक न्यूज़ चैनल से बातचीत में कहा था, 30वें ओवर में विराट के आउट होने से लेकर 45वें ओवर तक बेहद धीमी गति से रन बने. धोनी और जाधव ने हर ओवर में 2 से 3 डॉट बॉल खेली. ऐसा लग रहा था कि दोनों में सकारात्मक इरादों की कमी थी. टीम ने स्पिन गेंदबाज़ी के ख़िलाफ़ खेले 34 ओवर्स में सिर्फ़ 119 रन बनाए.’

‘जाधव ने इस मैच से पहले ज़्यादा बल्लेबाज़ी नहीं की थी, उन पर काफ़ी दबाव था. ऐसे में किसी सीनियर खिलाड़ी को आगे आकर स्थिति को अपने नियंत्रण में लेना चाहिए था लेकिन ऐसा नहीं हुआ, मुझे इससे बेहद निराशा हुई.

इस दौरान सचिन के निशाने पर महेंद्र सिंह धोनी थे. धोनी ने इस मैच में बेहद धीमी बल्लेबाज़ी करते हुए 52 गेंदों पर 28 रन बनाये थे.
सचिन की इसी बात को लेकर सोशल मीडिया पर धोनी और सचिन के फ़ैंस आपस में भिड़ गए:
@msdhoni is the King of cricket!! Sachin played only for self and trying to fit in his looser son in team India now. Height of nepotism!
— Prime86 (@prime861) June 25, 2019
Sachin 2003 WC runs
— Harish godha (@Down_the_track) June 24, 2019
673 runs
Ms Dhoni 2007, 2011, 2015, till afg match
597 runs pic.twitter.com/nttjZiOlpS
Dhoni is the most selfish player always played for his average…no matter what the match situation is or what team wants.
— Akash (@NoNeedToMindMe1) June 25, 2019
Dhoni isn’t even dust of Sachin !!!
History has known no one played selfish then Sachin ever
— Neel (@ParamaneNikhil) June 25, 2019
Ok.
— Ashutosh Upadhyay (@Ashu__Upadhyay) June 25, 2019
Give us the proof of ur statement comparing any match that Sachin played and what Dhoni played against Afghanistan, keeping in mind all the parameters like the rankings of bowlers of opposition at that time, average innings score in that year, other batsman scores, etc.
1) audience watching
— Neeche Se Topper (@NeecheSeTopper) June 24, 2019
MS Dhoni : The untold story
2) audience watching
Sachin: A billion dreams pic.twitter.com/FybWGp9m17
This nonsense Sachin Was great in all Formats of the Cricket.
— Yadu (@Yadu77084175) June 25, 2019
Dhoni was dissapointing in away matches and Testcricket
Dhoni also played for himself remember 2011 world cup final when stage was set for him by gautam n virat
— Rocky (@Rocky85698674) June 25, 2019
Sachin wants seeing centuries but dhoni wants match won so dhoni is the cricket God
— AJAY Goud (@AJAYGou86624255) June 25, 2019
Sachin is only questioning dhoni’s intent here for not scoring. He didnt say that dhoni is trying to play for himself. Dont compare people but just see the situation and judge what is correct. Why dhoni cant rotate strike and take singles, that is the question here.
— Chinnappa Raju (@chinnapparaju75) June 25, 2019
Sachin Runs in 2003 and 2011 Worldcup finals combined : 22 Runs
— . (@_cleanbowled) June 24, 2019
Dhoni's Runs in one Worldcup final:91 Runs
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Fck, what’s Dhoni’s contribution in world cup finals? It was Gambhir who fought back when team was trailing. Dhobi has always been a disaster when team needed him. His run 0,0,3 in 2007 wc is shameful to the core.
— Praveen RFan 😎 (@PraveenMogadala) June 24, 2019
The same man that won you the World Cup which you couldn’t win in your whole career with one of the best Indian players around. Sachin acting like he was some big hitter, man used to struggle in his 90s. Someone should pull up his strike rate when he’s been in the 90s🤦🏽♂️ #Dhoni🐐 pic.twitter.com/hCVQ5aBI9h
— Nim (@Nirmal_A) June 24, 2019
Dhoni scored 0,0,29 in 2007 WC, Sachin scored 0,4,57(against Bermuda). Not a huge difference.
— Hrushikesh Mishra (@RealHrushikesh) June 24, 2019
Sachin failed as a captain. But not dhoni. Can sachin get 25 runs in last 2 overs? But dhoni can do it 9 balls
— faiz (@faisal3012) June 24, 2019
Sachin was opener not Dhoni so obviously openers would have more runs. Its so ridiculous when such comparisons occurs isn't 😊
— °●•.zαн-є-иαѕєєв .•●° (@Sirf_Varsha) June 24, 2019
4th order batsman tho face batsman ki comparison aa? How?
— Gaddam SaiKiran™ (@iamGaddamSai999) June 24, 2019
Note: Dhoni is always Great and Sachin also