5 Memorable Knocks Of 'Captain Cool' MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni is not just a human but colloquially an emotion in India. He is one of the country’s most beloved boys and is the favourite of millions of people because of his contribution to Indian cricket. Every time Mahi steps on the field of play, his fans go bonkers from wherever they watch him play.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been a servant of the Indian cricket for the last 15 years and a lot of credit goes to him for uplifting the standard of India in global cricket parameters.

As a captain, Dhoni has achieved everything that there is to achieve. Under his captaincy, team India won the first-ever ICC T20 World Cup at South Africa in 2007, In 2011, MS Dhoni brought glory back to India after 28 years as the Men in Blue lifted their second-ever ICC World Cup trophy.

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In 2013, Mahi guided India to a Champions Trophy victory in England and became the first-ever captain in world cricket to win all the three major ICC tournaments.

Today, we look at the batter MS Dhoni who has played some memorable knocks over the years throughout his entire career and rescued his teams from clutch situations exactly how the best finisher in the world should.

MS Dhoni: 5 Greatest Knocks Of All-Time During His Career

1. 148 Against Pakistan

Whenever a match is played between India and Pakistan, it’s bound to be a thrilling contest. This one-day match between arch-rivals India and Pakistan was played in the year 2005 at Visakhapatnam.

This was the second match of the series of five ODIs and MS Dhoni scored a brilliant 148 in the game. Batting at number three, MS played outstanding innings.

Dhoni faced a total of 123 balls to score 148 runs and also hit 15 fours and four sixes in his innings. After this innings, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s became the talk of the town in world cricket.

Prior to this match, MS Dhoni had scored only 22 runs in the four matches he played and in this match, by scoring 148 against Pakistan, Dhoni declared his arrival in world cricket that a star was born in Indian cricket.

2. 91* Against Sri Lana In 2011 World Cup Final

Whenever there will be a buzz of Dhoni’s most crucial ODI innings, this knock will be placed at the top of that list. Mahi’s brilliant innings came against Sri Lanka in the final of the 2011 ODI World Cup.

Sri Lanka set a target of 275 runs for India to win the World Cup. MS, who had flopped in the entire tournament, played this game-defining knock while batting at No. 5 in the final match.

Mahi scored an unbeaten 91 runs facing only 79 balls. In his match-winning innings, Dhoni also hit eight fours and two sixes. Mahi was also awarded the ‘Player of the Match’ title for this innings and Team India was successful in winning the ODI World Cup after a very long wait of 28 years.

3. 183* Against Sri Lanka

Although Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played many grand innings in his career, this innings played against Sri Lanka is quite memorable for everyone. This game took place on 31 October 2005 at the Sawai Man Singh Cricket Stadium in Jaipur.

In this match, MS batted at number 3 and scored an unbeaten 183 runs, facing only 145 balls. In this memorable innings, Dhoni also hit 15 fours and 10 skyscraper sixes.

This knock was also special because Mahi smashed this century innings while India were chasing a huge target of 299 runs. MS also received the ‘Man of the Match’ award for his match-winning innings.

After this innings, Mahi also became the player with the highest individual score in ODI cricket as a wicket-keeper. Team India won the game by 6 wickets.

4. 224 Against Australia

Dhoni contributed a lot in India’s spectacular victory against the Australian team, which has ruled cricket for years. In fact, in 2013, the Aussies arrived India under the captaincy of Michael Clarke to play the Border Gavaskar Test series.

The first match of this test series was played at the M. Chindabaram Cricket Stadium in Chennai. Dhoni had scored a memorable 224 runs in this Test match, bashing the Australian bowlers.

Dhoni, batting at number 6 in the first innings of the Chennai Test, played an emphatic knock of 224 runs in just 265 balls.

In this innings, Dhoni also hit 24 fours and 6 sixes. This was Mahi’s first double century in Test cricket. Team India won this Test match by 8 wickets. Due to his stormy innings, Mahi also hit the fastest double century player for Team India as a wicket-keeper.

5. 45* Against Sri Lanka In The Tri-Series Final

In 2013, the final match of the Tri-Series was played between India and Sri Lanka at Trinidad. In this match, MS Dhoni played an important role in helping Team India win the game while playing a brilliant captain’s innings

In the match, Sri Lanka scored 201 runs while batting first. As a result, Team India had to chase 202 runs to win the match and 9 wickets of the team had fallen on 182. Keeping alive the hopes of India’s victory, Dhoni played a match-winning knock of 45 runs in 52 balls while remaining unbeaten till the end.

In this match, India needed to score 15 runs in the last over and Shaminda Eranga was bowling for Sri Lanka. Dhoni made India the champion by hitting six off the second ball, four off the third ball and six off the fourth ball.

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