Help for Heroes defeated the Rest of the world eleven by five wickets with 3 balls to spare. MS Dhoni finished the proceedings by hitting a four and sealed the win for his side.
Brendon McCullum’s Rest of the world side batted first and posted a competitive 158 on the board. Chasing the target Help for Heroes side was off to a brisk start with Sehwag scoring 30 from 25 balls. The chase further went on to be a close finish with Dhoni finishing things off in style scoring 38 runs from 22 balls which also fetched him the man of the match award.
Twitter reactions for Help for Heroes victory:
Mahela Jayawardena showed he is still one of the most entertaining batsmen in the world. #CricketForHeroes pic.twitter.com/zsYPT654Pl
— Sujan Rao (@sujanrao) September 18, 2015
Amazing evening @KiaOvalEvents last night for @HelpforHeroes Great game for great cause & @CaptainStrauss what a catch! #cricketforheroes
— Chris Frame (@ChrisFrame6) September 18, 2015
Yet another last over finish for @msdhoni helping HFH Xl to win by 4 wickets..@HelpforHeroes …#cricketforheroes
— Mahi’s Way.. (@ADITYA_MSD_7) September 18, 2015
Dhoni.. Dhoni.. Dhoni.. Oval crowd chants!! #MSD finished it off once again & became Man Of The Match #cricketforheroes #CharityMatch
— vinodkumar (@vinodku05901870) September 18, 2015
Mexican Wave at #HelpForHeroes #CricketForHeroes #charity match last night! #Lara #McCullum #Strauss… https://t.co/nm77ZhrRij
— George Meixner (@CultchaHack) September 18, 2015
Congratulations #cricketforheroes on an amazing charity event, and collecting so much for such a worthy cause. @AllanLamb294 @africatvl
— Frances Geoghegan (@F_Geoghegan) September 18, 2015
Never heard the Oval explode like this in chorus! Dhoni Dhoni is what they chant @HelpforHeroes £250 k raised so far pic.twitter.com/RIJV5Id5oY
— Annie (@AnnieCricket) September 17, 2015
It was a charity Match.. Yes Dhoni was Playing.. Yes he took the game to Last over.. Yes he hit the winning runs.. Born to Win
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) September 18, 2015
ICC Cricket 360° was extremely lucky to go behind the scenes with legends of the game at the #cricketforheroes match pic.twitter.com/qxPbY7sPOB
— ICC (@ICC) September 18, 2015
. @msdhoni ‘s SIXER Captured LIVE From the Stands at the KIA OVAL Yesterday. @CricketforH4H @HelpforHeroes pic.twitter.com/QVfBZeK2FH
— Cricmates (@Cricmates) September 18, 2015
The winning team. pic.twitter.com/9pl88VTQWB
— Cricket For Heroes (@CricketforH4H) September 17, 2015