India, Sept. 4 -- Despite being away from cricketing action since the end of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season earlier this year, MS Dhoni made headlines in Indian cricket earlier this week after finding himself at the center of a controversy. This came after an old interview of former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan resurfaced on social media, where he spoke about the communication gap surrounding his exclusion from the national side in 2008, and suggested that then-captain Dhoni only favored players "who set up hookahs for him."

"Yes, I asked him. During the 2008 Australia series, Mahi bhai's statement came out in the media that Irfan wasn't bowling well. I thought I had bowled well throughout the series, so I went and asked M...