Exactly how Dhoni effected the last ball run out of Mustafizur in the World Cup T20 2016 match against Bangladesh. Read the story below and you will realize why I, you and millions world over are ardent fans of M.S.Dhoni.
Oh, Dhoni bhai, thank you very much for giving all of us such a pleasure. The nation bows before you.
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Oh, Dhoni bhai, thank you very much for giving all of us such a pleasure. The nation bows before you.
Dhoni's distance
from the stumps for the last ball : 13 meters from the stumps.
Mustafizur Rahman
was standing at the non striker end when the ball was delivered: 19 meters from
the stumps, with the bat and hand extension giving him a 1.5 meter advantage:
17.5 meters from the stumps.
When Pandya bowled
the last ball, Mustafizur had already left the crease and when the ball reached
Dhoni's hands, he was already half way down the pitch: 10 metres.
Now it was a
battle between Dhoni at 13 meters from the stumps (who had to start running)
and Mustafizur who was 10 meters away from the stumps with the added advantage
of 2 meters (extended bat): 8 meters ( who had already running in full
throttle). Mustafizur had a 5 meter advantage.
No other wicket
keeper in the world would have tried to run all the way to the stumps
considering the young legs of Mustafizur. Some might have thrown the ball at
the stumps. If Johnty Rhodes was behind the wicket, he would have attempted to
fly down and knock the stumps. But Dhoni tried to do the unthinkable. He tried
to do the impossible. He took on Mustafizur.
Dhoni covered the
13 meter distance in 2 seconds (A start that Ussain Bolt would be proud of) and
also defeated Mustafizur's extended bat.
Everyone talks
about the presence of mind that Dhoni has and the manner in which he removed
the gloves for the last ball; yet if we analyze the last ball minutely, we will
realize the roaring lion that resides inside the captain cool Dhoni that made
him run like a cheetah.
That is the
confidence that moves the entire team.
Leader leads by
example.
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