New Delhi: Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has mocked Irfan Pathan’s following his controversial remarks of favoritism involving MS Dhoni under whose captaincy Pathan played his final international match. I asked him. During the 2008 Australia series Mahi bhais statement came out in the media that Irfan was not bowling well. I thought I had bowled well throughout the series so I went and asked Mahi bhai. Sometimes statements are twisted in the media so i also wanted to clarify. Mahi Bhai said No Irfan there is nothing like this everythings going as per plan Pathan had said in an old interview going viral on social media. Aakash Chopra has dismissed these allegations as baseless. Pathan had also claimed that players who used to prepared hookah for MS Dhoni were more likely to be selected. In response Aakash Chopra has dismissed these allegations as baseless. You want to pick your best team. But if you have seen someone more in front of you and playing under pressure you move towards them and that is normal. You will see that players from where the coach or captain are would be preferred more. That is not bias not favoritism. It is just the fact that they have spent more time with them said Chopra in a YouTube video posted by Crex. Beyond that what happens in one room how many people sit how many don’t I don’t think a successful captain worth his salt is going to get influenced by that factor. added Chopra At the end he has to pick a team that can win and players who can take him to that destination. So there is a lot riding on the captains shoulders and the stakes are high. I don’t think that if someone does not spend more time with the captain they would be adversely treated or dropped Chopra concluded Story Highlights Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has mocked Irfan Pathan’s following his controversial remarks of favoritism involving MS Dhoni. Pathan had also claimed that players who used to prepared hookah for MS Dhoni were more likely to be selected. Aakash Chopra dismissed these allegations as baseless.