WATCH: MS Dhoni’s single-handed defense off Ish Sodhi vs New Zealand

Dixit Bhargav | 08/02/2019

MS Dhoni’s single-handed defense off Ish Sodhi: The Indian wicket-keeper batsman put on display a strange defensive stroke at Auckland.

During the second T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Auckland, former India captain and current wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni put on display an unusual stroke to sneak a run against New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi.

Coming in to bat at No. 5 in the 14th over, Dhoni was left to score almost at a run a ball alongside the set batsman in Rishabh Pant. In a harmless situation, Dhoni didn’t try to do anything fancy in his unbeaten innings of 20 (17).

It all happened on the penultimate delivery of the 16th over when a wise Sodhi fired the ball way outside the off-stump after having watched the sight of Dhoni stepping down the ground. In a bid to make contact with the ball, Dhoni did well to defend the ball with one hand, albeit from a difficult position. With the ball going towards the cover region, Dhoni and Pant also ran a single.

The wicket-keeper batsman-duo stitched together a 44-run partnership which saw them sealing the chase for India in the penultimate over. Pant ended up scoring 40* (28) with the help of four fours and a six.

Having lost the last match by a whopping 80 runs, India did well to register a 7-wicket victory today. With the series level at 1-1, one expects the deciding third T20I to be a riveting contest.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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