10 Instances When MS Dhoni Single-Handedly Helped India To Win; Gone are those days when Mahendra Singh Dhoni, with a long hair, coming up in the order to smash the bowlers out of the park with ease. Slowly, he himself sacrifices the place to become the finisher for the Indian National Cricket Team.
Despite batting down the order, MS Dhoni was never an easy customer for the opposition bowling attacks. Back then when the T20 game is yet to take the boost, he used to bat like a wonder to give those scintillating victories for the team. Let’s rewind the 10 Whirlwind knocks played by MS Dhoni to seal the deal for India as MS Dhoni turns another page in his life.
10 Instances When MS Dhoni Single-Handedly Helped India To Win:
10. 148* against Pakistan in 2005, Visakhapatnam:
This was the knock, which was one of the factors why Mahendra Singh Dhoni always loves to play at Visakhapatnam. The knock came back then when the cricketing ties between India and Pakistan are going strong.
The second match of 5-match ODI series against Pakistan was played at Visakhapatnam on 5 April. This was the match when Dhoni was launched. At a time, when the people were disheartened to find Tendulkar and Ganguly get out too soon, Dhoni was unbeaten scoring 113. With 15 boundaries and 4 over boundaries, he helped India score 356 on the board.
His innings of 148 off just 123 came at a strike-rate of 120.32 included 15 fours and four mammoth sixes. In the end, India won the match by 58 runs and the wicketkeeper-batsman was awarded the player of the match trophy.