10 Best moments of IPL 2017
IPL 2017 never had a dull moment during 45 days of action packed cricket. We bring you the 10 best moments of the tournament.
7. Dhoni foxes Pollard yet again
Mumbai struggled to get going in the final as they were 56/4 when Pollard took guard. He showed intent from ball one as he smacked Adam Zampa for a six over long-off. Dhoni, being an astute reader of the game, immediately asked the long-off fielder to stand straighter, almost behind the bowler’s arm and well within the eye-line of Pollard. Interestingly, Dhoni had applied the same tactic against Pollard in the finals of 2010 when Mumbai played CSK. On that occasion, the mid-off fielder was asked to stand straight and Pollard hit it back down his throat.
Pollard noticed the field change and went for glory again two balls later. He yet again fell to Dhoni’s master move as he did not time it as well as he would have wanted and the straight long off fielder took an easy catch to send the big man back to the pavilion.
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