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XtraTime Web Desk: Indian cricket team’s ace spinner Kuldeep Yadav shared an interesting story of him with former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. For the first time, MS Dhoni had lost his cool for the first time in 20 years. Kuldeep himself talked about the incident and revealed how he got a verbal lashing from the veteran for not listening to his instructions while bowling during an ODI against Sri Lanka in 2017. "Kusal (Perera) smashed a boundary over the covers. Dhoni Bhai shouted from behind the wickets and asked me to change the fielding. I did not listen to his suggestion and next ball, Kusal hit another boundary with a reverse sweep," Kuldeep said during an instagram chat. And what happened next was something that Kuldeep hadn't factored in. "...angry Dhoni came up to me and said, ''main pagal hu? 300 one-day khela hoon, aur samjha raha hoon yahaan pe.' (Am I mad? I have played 300 ODIs and you are not listening to me)." So scared was the UP spinner that he went upto Dhoni in the team bus to apologise and asked if he had ever lost his composure like this in the past. "I was so scared of him that day. After the match, I went up to him in the team bus and asked if he ever got angry. he replied: '20 saal se gussa nahi kiya hai (I have never been angry in the last 20 years.)'. Dhoni has not played since India's semifinal exit from the ODI World Cup last year. The enigmatic former captain was expected to make a comeback with the IPL but that stands postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.