Australian opener David Warner has picked legendary Indian cricketer MS Dhoni as the greatest finisher of all time in the game snubbing the likes of Ab de Villiers and Michael Hussey. The former Indian Wicket-keeper batter has impressed everyone with his finishing skills in the white-ball format of the game over the years.
MS Dhoni has rescued the Indian team from tough situations on numerous occasions and has played some unbelievable knocks under pressure for the team and the Indian World Cup-winning skipper is one of the most fearful strikers of the ball in ODI and T20 cricket during his playing days.
During a rapid-fire Q/A session with Jiocinema, David Warner selected the former Indian skipper as the greatest finisher in the world. Many experts from the past have said that MS Dhoni is the best finisher that the limited-overs game has ever seen.
MS Dhoni is the only captain to lift all ICC trophies so far ODI and T20 World Cup, and Champions Trophy, and is known for his shrewd cricketing brain in Indian cricket. In IPL, he has been captaining the Chennai franchise since the inaugural edition (2008) and led the team to become one of the most successful franchises winning five IPL titles in the cash-rich league.
When it comes to leadership and inspiring teammates, even Team India’s former captains are ardent fans of MS Dhoni and the wicket-keeper batters will look to take inspiration from the Indian legend to perform in the bigger stage.
The southpaw went on to pick Jacques Kallis of South Africa as the greatest player of all time snubbing the likes of Ricky Ponting or Sachin Tendulkar and picked Kallis as the greatest all-rounder ever to have played the game. The South African cricketer had a tremendous amount of skill, endurance, and temperament to play in all three formats of the game providing a balanced performance with both and ball.
Kallis was a complete all-round cricketer in the World, who earned massive respect and appreciation from the cricketing world. He is the only cricketer to have scored more than 10,000 runs and taken over 250 wickets in both Tests and ODIs. The fact that Kallis has won more man-of-the-match accolades than any other player in Test cricket speaks eloquently about his ability to win games.
Meanwhile, Australian veteran David Warner is gearing up for his final ODI World Cup in India and has started the three-match ODI series against India with a half-century and would look to continue his fine form going into the marquee event.