IND vs AUS 2017: Check Out MS Dhoni’s Catch Which Rivals Maxwell’s Catch
Sep 20, 2017 at 6:42 PM
India beat Australia by 26 runs in a rain-curtailed first ODI of Australia’s Tour of India, Courtesy Hardik Pandya’s heroics with both bat and ball. Batting first India’s top order collapsed as they lost Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli and Manish Pandey with India’s score at 11. Virat Kohli has been India’s most successful player in the ODI format, and according to Australian captain Steve Smith, his wicket is the most important of all.
It took a blinder at point by Glenn Maxwell to remove Kohli. Kohli was out for a duck during a drive on the off side. Maxwell took a sensational one-handed catch at the point position. However, the early dismissal wasn’t enough for the Aussies to register a win the first ODI.
Hardik Pandya then came in with India tottering at 87/5 in 21.3 overs. He began his innings with a steady approach and tried to establish a partnership with Dhoni. It was only till the 37th over that he took the attack to Adam Zampa and hit him for three consecutive sixes in an over. Pandya 24 runs in that over.
He eventually went on to score 83 of 66 deliveries, and it was boost given by him that helped India reach a respectable total of 281/7 in 50 overs. Dhoni also played an anchoring role in the innings and scored 79 of 88 balls.
Australian’s stumbled early in their innings and were reduced to 35/4in 8 overs. Pandya doing the majority of the damage as he dismissed the Australian captain Steve Smith and Travis Head early. Pandya bowled gave away 28 runs in his quota of four overs picking up two crucial wickets.
In the second innings, Dhoni took a brilliant catch behind the stumps to remove the dangerous David Warner early. Dhoni was standing up on the field keeping to Kuldeep Yadav. Yadav bowled a slider to which Warner tried to cut. The bowl came quickly to Dhoni, and he held on to the catch.
Here is a video of MS Dhoni’s catch:
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