How MS Dhoni's Tip To Virat Kohli Helped India Win Series Decider Against New Zealand

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How MS Dhoni's Tip To Virat Kohli Helped India Win Series Decider Against New Zealand

 

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/how-ms-dhonis-tip-to-virat-kohli-helped-india-win-series-decider-against-new-zealand-1772728

 

India captain Virat Kohli found himself in a rather tricky position as India had to defend 67 runs in 8 overs to avoid a series defeat at the hands of New Zealand on Tuesday. Rain-curtailed matches are often decided by fine margins and the 3rd T20I in Thiruvananthapuram was going to be no different. With two overs remaining, Kohli had to make some key calls that were bound to determine the outcome of the tense contest. At that crucial juncture of the match, MS Dhoni's advised Kohli to hand the ball to Jasprit Bumrah, who went on to deliver for the hosts.

"We thought if we can take the run-rate up, it's not going to be so easy. Rohit and MS (Dhoni) came up with Bumrah bowling the second last, and Hardik Pandya bowled the last over well. When Hardik got hurt, I was thinking god forbid if I had to bowl the last four balls," said Kohli seeing the funny side of Pandya's spirited fielding effort in the final over.

 

@beetle. And you were saying kohli gets credit of win and dhoni gets blame for losing.

 

Also a tight slap on critics of Rohit who said the vice captain does not provide any input. I have always emphasized who gives what advice and what works or not , we as a viewer can never really know. One has to believe on players on the field. But the thing is they can and do lie or hide the truth if they have to back a certain player.

 

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this is my thread 

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@Pollack  if you had followed kohli , he prefers having the best bowler for the last over ..

this is a signature dhoni move .. aka jogi for the last over 

 

when csk needed 42 in 2 overs and got only one over from a proper bowler , kohli decieed to bowl the 19th over and got klpd