Five years ago, at Chennai, against Pakistan, MS Dhoni
played one of the most memorable knocks to lift his team out of troubled
waters. Junaid Khan’s in-coming deliveries jolted the Indian top-order, but in
came MS Dhoni to stabilise the innings in style with a great hundred. Sadly,
Pakistan proved determined than India and took the match away from home team.
But on the same venue and on a similar situation, Dhoni’s bat dazzled yet again
to lift the confidence of the team and this time, Indian bowlers did not let
his work go wasted.
Australia lost their way fast. In fact, the Indian bowling
proved too good for them to script a partnership and bolster the innings. They
succumbed big time and the men in blue took a 1-0 lead.
I felt happy for MS as it would have been an injustice to
the man’s effort had Australia won the match yesterday. He played the role of a
sheet anchor when Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar switched a killer mood.
He scored runs by rotating the strike and cracked boundaries when the situation
demanded and as usual, he put the Indian innings right on the track when it
looked lost.
MS Dhoni is MS Dhoni. Yesterday, yet again, he not only
saved his team, but slapped his harsh critics.
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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