Watch: MS Dhoni shows his love and patriotism with this gesture in 3rd T20I
Mahendra Singh Dhoni showed his love and patriotism towards his country in the last T20I match against New Zealand.
In the first innings when India were bowling, a fan of Dhoni ran on to the field with Indian flag towards him. Then the individual touched Dhoni's feet and suddenly the wicketkeeper-batsman snatched the Indian flag from him, which was about to touch the ground.
In the series of events, Dhoni stayed calm and fans respect for him went sky high for his patriotic gesture.
dis is called legend β€
β β 彑 ββΆβΉβ½βΆβ 彑β (@madhavanand22) February 10, 2019
and dis is called respecting the nation and national flag β€@msdhoni
many great cricketers Cricketers may come and go
but there is no one like ms dhoni
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salute sir ms dhoni ππΌππΌππΌππΌ pic.twitter.com/eFly81aaTv
The former India skipper was playing his 300th T20 match and joined the elite list of 13 players with the likes of Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Ryan ten Doeschate, Dwayne Smith, Albie Morkel, Ravi Bopara, Sunil Narine, Sohail Tanvir and Luke Wright.
MS Dhoni is playing his 300th T20 game in Hamilton! π
β ICC (@ICC) February 10, 2019
We've witnessed his magic behind the stumps, will we see him shine with the bat today? #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/LWJ9XkNkYY
In the professional front, it was a bad day for the veteran with the bat as he only managed to score 2 runs and India lost the series decider by four runs as New Zealand snatched the series by 2-1.Β
But his work behind the wickets was on point as he destroyed Tim Seifert stumps to provide the first breakthrough for India on Kuldeep Yadav's delivery.
#NZvIND #MSDhoni with a lightning fast stumping 0.099 seconds #Dhoni300 pic.twitter.com/f7tTKyckPY
β lokendar ram (@RamLokendar) February 10, 2019
After the match, India stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma was fumed with the team's performance in the last T20I
"Pretty disappointing to not get to the finishing line. 210-odd was always going to be tough, and we were in the game right till the end, but New Zealand held their nerve well and they deserved to win," Rohit said.Β
"We started off well in the ODIs, and the boys will be disappointed not getting to the finishing line in the T20s," he added.
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