Glenn Maxwell mocks himself for dropping MS Dhoni at Melbourne

Dixit Bhargav | 19/01/2019
Glenn Maxwell mocks himself for dropping MS Dhoni

Glenn Maxwell mocks himself for dropping MS Dhoni: The Australian all-rounder saw the funny side of his drop yesterday.

During their attempt to defend 230 runs in the third ODI against India at Melbourne yesterday, Australia were successful in containing the Indian top-order if not dominate it.

On the second delivery of the 17th over, Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis caught and bowled India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan (23). With India scoring at a run rate of under four runs per over, another wicket would have put a lot of pressure on a middle-order comprising of two batsmen who hadn’t played any match in the series.

Stoinis’ following delivery saw former India captain and current wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni cutting a short delivery to Glenn Maxwell at point. Maxwell, one of the best fielders in the world, ended up dropping a simple catch.

Dhoni, the beneficiary of Maxwell’s fault, ended up scoring his 70th half-century, a match-winning 87* (114) with the help of six fours. In which was yet another instance of Dhoni finishing the match for India, Maxwell’s drop costed the hosts heavily.

In the hindsight, Maxwell saw the funny side of his drop during the first Semi-final of the ongoing Women’s Big Bash League between Sydney Thunder Women and Brisbane Heat Women at Sydney. Needing five runs to reach the final, Thunder batswoman Nicola Carey hit a powerful shot on the leg-side.

However, Heat fielder Haidee Birkett put on display an acrobatic fielding display at the boundary to grab the catch and seal victory for her team. It was at this point in time that Maxwell took to Twitter to ask Birkett for fielding tips. “Any tips appreciated Haidee,” read Maxwell’s tweet.

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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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