India, Sept. 3 -- Irfan Pathan fanned the flames of his contentious relationship with MS Dhoni yet again as he brought his own removal from the Indian team under Dhoni's captaincy back into the spotlight. The left-handed all-rounder spoke about how there was a lack of communication when it came to him being dropped, and during this interview with SportsTak, also seemingly alleged that Dhoni used to be a hookah smoker and showed favouritism within the team to those who would smoke with him.

Pathan is known to have a touchy relationship with Dhoni given how his international career came to a close. However, he is not the first person to make this poke at Dhoni, with former Australian captain George Bailey also having stated in a 2018 inter...