5 Times MS Dhoni rescued India from a precarious situation
Dhoni's swagger, his smile, his cool and calm demeanour. There was nobody like him. His belief in a young team in 2007 gave the game the IPL.
3. 92* of 86 vs South Africa, 2015
The first signs of Dhoni ‘the finisher’s’ ability waning were evident in the first ODI between India and South Africa in Kanpur in 2015. Chasing 304, Rohit Sharma had done the bulk of the work scoring a classy 150. However, he was dismissed in the 47th With 11 required off the last over, it was Dhoni vs Kagiso Rabada.
The young turk who had just made his debut a few months back got the better of the veteran as he dismissed Dhoni on the 4th ball of the over and South Africa won by 5 runs. It wasn’t just the last over. Dhoni had come in to bat number 5 in the 40th over and had struggled to time the ball right from the beginning and looked extremely rusty.
The result of the match drew in a lot of criticism for Dhoni with a lot of people pronouncing that Dhoni was done. In the 2nd ODI, India was again staring down the barrel and a potential 2-0 deficit in the series after the middle order had collapsed again and India was placed at 124-6. Dhoni took the matter in his own hands. As he had done well all his career, he set out to first build partnerships and then eventually went for the final onslaught and successfully managed to get 72 runs off the last 8 overs.
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