Rivals praise Dhoni for his finishing role - Cricket News Update
The two rival captains, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 for his ability to finish matches down the order.
The 30-year-old wicketkeeper batsman might have come under pressure as captain recently but when it comes to finishing a game lower down the order, he is as cool as a cucumber. He is never in a rush to finish things but still does so easily. Give him a pressure
cooker situation and he will find a way out. He just waits for the ball to come to him and as it does, he ruthlessly punishes the bowl, and the bowler. A boundary or a six is never too far behind.
The last two games of the Commonwealth Bank series saw the Ranchi boy pulling off wins in the nick of time. Needing 13 runs off the final over, Dhoni lashed onto Mckay, hitting him for six and guiding his side to victory over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 on Sunday.
"Dhoni is a class player. His statistics show it. He is a very good striker of the ball and you saw that in the last over with that six he hit off McKay," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 had said after the match.
On Tuesday against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601 and Vinay
Kumar. Sri Lanka was in the ascendency, they were smelling victory but Dhoni had other ideas. Needing four runs to win off the last ball, he hit Malina over extra cover, ran three to tie the game. The opposing captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 was in shock – a win
was snatched from him.
"One inch here and there and a guy like Dhoni could take you apart,” said Jayawardene after the draw. “He is a great finisher, he is cool and calm and backs himself. He is a strong character," he added further.
Figures also prove that the Ranchi boy is a class finisher in the one-day format of the game. He has remained unbeaten in 30 of India’s 49 successful chases, scoring runs at an average of 105 in those 30 innings. He is the first ever Indian wicketkeeper
to play 200 ODIs.
This underlies his importance to the team.
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