A determined M S Dhoni scripts a win in Indore ODI against South Africa

#INDvsSA #Dhoni #HolkarStadium #Indore #AjinkyaRahane It all happened at Holkar Cricket Stadium Indore when M S Dhoni, the Indian ODI captain, took control of a game that looked to be another terrible performance for the home team. With the support of tail-enders, Dhoni returned to his form and hammered the South Africa bowlers to remain not out on 92. He along with Ajinkya Rahane also ensured that the score was a respectable one at 247 for 9. They were the only two batsmen to cross 50.
This has been reported in cricbuzz.com dated 14 October 2015.

And, the Indian bowlers Axar Patel (3 for 39) and Bhubaneshwar Kumar (3 for 41) succeeded in checking the South African batsmen to ensure a win by 22 runs – the visitors folded up for 225 in 43.4 overs.
M S Dhoni was adjudged Man of the Match – and, by the way he batted and used his bowlers, he has sent across a message to his critics that he is still a force to reckon with and cannot be written off so quickly.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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It was a pathetic display of one day cricket put up by our blue-eyed boys in Blue after they were left red-faced following the loss of the 1st ODI at Mirpur by 79 runs.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 19 June 2015.

Batting first, the young team of Bangladesh began attack from the very first ball and left the Indian bowlers clueless on how to control the flow of runs. The Bangladesh batsmen treated the Indian bowlers with disdain and belted them to all corners of the stadium. Ravichandra Ashwin managed to bag three wickets but Umesh Yadav came in for plenty of punishment.
Anyway, the way Bangladesh was playing, at one point of time it appeared that they would post around 350 runs – but, finally, it was 307 and it was a formidable one as it turned out when the Indians took the field.
The bowling of the home team was superb as was their fielding and they gave nothing away. The Indians had to grovel for runs and it played in their nerves. Rohit Sharma was the highest scorer – he scored 63 runs. Apart from him, others who reached double figures were Shikhar Dhawan (30), Suresh Raina (40), Ravindra Jadeja (32). Bhubaneshwar Kumar (25) and Mohit Sharma(11).
Obviously, the Bangladesh team has matured and Indians cannot take them lightly. They had done their homework while Indians were overconfident. This is a 3 ODI series and with one loss, Captain M S Dhoni would have to rethink his strategies if he wants to win the series. (Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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