By: Tarish Bhatt
MS Dhoni continues to work his magic for Jharkhand and leads them to another impressive win. Jharkhand registered their three successive win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy under Dhoni’s captaincy.
The Jharkhand team defeated Saurashtra in their fourth match by an impressive 42-run margin. Dhoni’s men were defending just 125 on a viciously seaming wicket. They dismantled Saurashtra to a paltry 83 at the Eden Gardens.
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Dhoni also contributed with the bat, and scored a fighting 24-ball 23. Ishant Kishan (53), meanwhile, scored a crucial fifty, while Ishank Jaggi (12) was the only other Jharkhand batsman to reach the double figure mark.
Saurashtra came out to bat with their tails up, but Dhoni and company had other ideas. Pacer Varun Aaron and Rahul Shukla took four wickets each, while medium-pacer Jaskaran Singh chipped-in with two.
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There was so much excessive seam movement that Dhoni went straight to chief curator after the match got over.
“Yes he (Dhoni) said the wicket seamed a lot but he never came to complain,” Sujan Mukherjee said. “Even I’m not happy with the wicket. I also felt the ball moved and swung a bit more.”
