After calling
Gautam Gambhir a "hypocrite," former India cricketer
Manoj Tiwary has accused
MS Dhoni of "favouritism" and blamed him for not getting dropped despite scoring a century.
"I think MS Dhoni,
Duncan Fletcher, and the selectors will be the ones who will be able to answer that because till now, I haven't got any answer," Tiwary told CricTracker.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!"I'm not someone who will call up the coach or the selectors or the captain at that time to answer me this.
"But I've earlier said that whenever I come across to MS Dhoni, definitely, I'll ask him what are the main reasons why I was not given the opportunity after scoring 100.
"So till now, I have no clue what went wrong, what were their thought process at that point of time.
"It is a question which needs to be asked of those who have made that decision and who were there at that time, taking the calls," he added.
Tiwary said MS Dhoni was a good leader but he never backed him.
"See, reputation and perception are things that people go by. But I'm the one, and there are a few others as well in the team who have gone through the period of his tenure as well.
"So there are a lot of players who have a different version of how he used to back his players.
"In my experience, see, I can only share my experience, what has happened to me. If he had really backed his players, then he would have definitely backed me because I performed in that particular match and over a period of time.
"I again came back to the playing 11, I picked up a four-wicket haul in the match against Sri Lanka, scored 21 runs in that game, and the next game as well, I scored 65 runs in Sri Lanka.
"I don’t know what happened after that. So I didn't get the backing, which I was hoping to get.
"But it's something very difficult to understand why he didn't back me because I always felt that performance is the ultimate criterion to make your place in the playing XI or in the squad. But in my case, it didn't happen. I cannot say for the others.
"I always say that, that his leadership qualities were very good. But somehow, in my case, I don't know. He's the only one who can answer your question.
"But I think there were a couple of individuals whom he really liked and gave full backing at that point in time.
"A lot of people know, but not everyone comes forward and speaks about it. So there is a very strong liking and disliking that happens in cricket everywhere.
"So I consider myself not liking one. He did not like me, maybe. That is the only thing that I can answer you."
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