While Gavaskar’s back foot defense, Ganguly’s elegant cover drive, Sahin’s back foot punch and Dravid’ flick off the pads will have a place in the annals of Indian history, MS Dhoni’s famous ‘helicopter shot’ may not find an illustrious home.
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But in a way it symbolizes Dhoni as well. The Ranchi man is unlike anything that Indian cricket has seen before. Coming from Jharkand, Dhoni has become a hero for people who stay in the smaller towns of India.
It is there that Dhoni developed the ‘helicopter shot’. In a recent press conference in Dubai, Dhoni spoke about the famous shot and where did he learn it from.
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“It is something I learnt while playing tennis ball cricket on the roads of India. It is difficult. In tennis ball cricket even it’s hit from the toe of the bat the ball still travels a lot but in normal cricket, it has to be the middle part of the bat, so it requires a lot of work. I don’t want them to play helicopter shots because they could get injured,” MS Dhoni said.
Dhoni also spoke about his mentality in cricket, as he revealed the secret to his success.
“It is not for the money. I have always believed that process is more important than results. I never thought about results, I always thought what is the right thing to do at that point in time whether it’s 10 runs needed, 14 runs needed or 5 runs needed. I was always so engrossed in the process that I never took the burden of thinking what if the result doesn’t go my way.” MS Dhoni added.
