By: Tarish Bhatt
MS Dhoni orchestrated a perfect innings to help India seal the T20 series. He, meanwhile, also made his maiden T20I fifty, and showed how dangerous he is up the order. Dhoni batted at number 4 in Bengaluru.
The Indian captain, Virat Kohli termed Dhoni a big match player. He said that MSD stepped up at crunch situation in the series decider. Kohli praised Dhoni for helping the team in winning the series.
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“I wanted to send (Dhoni) up the order,” Kohli said in the post-match presentation. “He’s the one who says he’ll come in later, that will give the team better balance.”
“Come the big game, even in the one-day series, series decider, he stepped up, and he stepped up again today.”
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India went on to win the T20 series, after losing the opening game. They then won a nail-bitter in Nagpur, and then handed a thumping to England in Bengaluru. The hosts won all three series, Test, ODI and T20, against England.
“It’s a memorable series win for us, the whole tour,” Kohli insisted. “It’s been a brilliant couple of months for the Indian team, going forward we know exactly what to do in each format.”
