Australia vs India: MS Dhoni doesn't complete a run in Adelaide; goes unnoticed

India prevailed in a cliffhanger in Adelaide against Australia and levelled the series. Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik were the anchors of the second-highest successful chase at the venue. Moreover, the veteran Dhoni finishing the game delighted the followers of the game. But there was a mistake from the umpires during the dying stages of the game as Dhoni didn’t complete a run.

The incident took place off the last ball of the 45th over which Nathan Lyon was bowling. The things were extremely close and Dhoni had already eked out 10 runs off the first five deliveries of the over. The last ball saw him knocking the ball down to long on and take a single calmly. The former Indian captain was visibly tired and literally walked to complete his single.

However, there was a blip here on the part of MS Dhoni and the on-field umpire as well. Dhoni didn’t completely reach the crease and tap his bat inside the line as well. He quickly turned back to have a chat with his partner Dinesh Karthik with the required run-rate hovering around nine constantly.

Here’s the video:

Did anyone notice that dhoni actually didn’t complete the run here? pic.twitter.com/F9KjKiFILc

— neich (@neicho32) January 15, 2019

Not much effect on the result

This could’ve been a huge blunder had India managed to win the game off the last ball. But the fact that the visitors sealed it with four balls to spare thanks to MS Dhoni’s gigantic six down the ground off Jason Behrendorff in the last over. That shot reminded everyone of the maximum he had smacked to Clint McKay back in 2012 during the tri-series in the last over itself.

As far as the match is concerned, Dhoni remained unbeaten on 55 off just 54 balls and much to the delight of Team India, the wicketkeeper-batsman has started 2019 on a brighter note with two successive half-centuries after a dismal 2018. He hadn’t managed to score even a single fifty-plus score last year.

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