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Harbhajan on Vijay Hazare Trophy: “Dhoni’s presence could’ve made the difference”

Dixit Bhargav
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Harbhajan on Vijay Hazare Trophy

Harbhajan on Vijay Hazare Trophy: Harbhajan hinted at how Dhoni’s presence could have made the difference for Jharkhand.

During the second Semi final of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy between Delhi and Jharkhand at Bengaluru, Delhi beat Jharkhand by 2 wickets in a cliffhanger of a match. Chasing 200 runs to win the match, Delhi lost wickets at regular intervals to the extent of almost losing the match from one point.

Pawan Negi, who came in to bat at No. 9, rescued his team via a highly responsible innings, something without which Delhi would have never won the match. Negi ended up top-scoring for his team, scoring 39* (49) with the help of five fours and a six.

Delhi’s Navdeep Saini was adjourned the ‘Man of the Match’ for registering his career-best List A figures of 10-2-30-4 in the first innings.

Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh took to Twitter to congratulate his former teammate Gautam Gambhir and Delhi for making it to the finals of the tourney. In his tweet, Harbhajan further mentioned that had Dhoni played for Jharkhand, you never know if could have made the difference.

Read the full tweet below:

 

There were reports of Dhoni representing Jharkhand in the Quarter finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Even MSK Prasad, Chairman of Selectors, had announced about Dhoni taking part in the tournament. All such news were quashed when Dhoni did not turn up for the Quarter final match.

Whether Dhoni’s non-participation was because of him not wanting to disturb the winning momentum of the team or any other reason, his presence in the nail-biter today would have surely aided his team.

Read some of the recent tweets on Dhoni below:

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Dixit Bhargav

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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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