People tend to remember those hailed as great. And MS Dhoni has undeniably registered his name among the greats, as iterated by the lovers of the game on an everyday basis. Be it the Indian team struggling or a current player reminiscing about the former skipper, the name ‘Dhoni’ finds a way to trend every day on social media.
Likewise, yesterday’s match between India and Sri Lanka posed an opportunity to bring the former wicketkeeper into the chat again. The men in blue received their second consecutive defeat in Asia Cup against Sri Lanka. Lankans chased down the victory as they breached the target of 174 set by India in the thriller.
The chase went down right to the penultimate ball of the match. Arshdeep Singh bowling the last over put commendable efforts to not leak runs in any way. However, despite his efforts, a missed run-out chance let Sri Lanka clinch the match. Rishabh Pant, in charge behind the stumps, missed hitting the stumps on the penultimate ball when it was 2 needed off 2. The ball, if would’ve hit the stumps would surely have ran out the batter. However, he missed them despite taking ample time to set and throw the ball at stumps.
And a slip by an Indian wicketkeeper at such a crucial moment caused the fans to hail MS Dhoni. Dhoni has registered numerous majestic stumping moments during his tenure. Be it defending 2 runs off a ball, or sprinting to run out a batter on the last ball in a semi-final match, Dhoni has achieved it all. And thus, rightly so, when the current team faced a possible exit from Asia Cup, fans went to ponder how it all seemed easy under the Captain-wicketkeeper MS Dhoni.
Fans trend MS Dhoni on Twitter
Not All wicket keepers are MS Dhoni. pic.twitter.com/KDWqXQNWmi
— MAHIYANK™ (@Mahiyank_78) September 6, 2022
“It’s not team India’s mistake. It’s #Dhoni who raised indian audience expectations with so much achievement otherwise this is the true Indian team who were never really winning. HE was a leader. Best cricketing brain out there. Now only INFLUENCERS,” wrote a user.
Miss you Dhoni 😢💙 @MSDhoni #TeamIndia #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/ODnLP0KdVI
— DHONI Era™ 🤩 (@TheDhoniEra) September 7, 2022
#RishabhPant#MSDhoni𓃵 #Missingdhoni
#BCCIIndia is missing:
Dhoni The captain
Dhoni the keeper &
Dhoni the finisherRemember International crc z not IPL 2 win wit Ambani power
kohli d captain z far better#Bhuvi #RohitSharma #KLRahul #AsiaCupT20 #arshdeepsingh pic.twitter.com/vTPsvpAq1r
— Rohit Reddy (@DemeliRohit) September 6, 2022
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“We always lost crunch matches in the 90s, Dhoni was the guy who made us believe that we can win such matches, looks like we are back to the 90s. The Will itself is missing,” noted another.
Ek hota tha stumps ke peeche, jo target hit kar kar ke match jeeta deta tha pic.twitter.com/NK3WCxVU1j
— Shibhhuu (@shibhhuu) September 6, 2022
“This is where you miss #dhoni. Never seen him miss a run out like this.3 stumps to hit with enough time, no way he would have missed #INDvsSL #AsiaCup2022,” opined one more.
Dhoni the unmatchable❤️ #INDvSL #RishabhPant #Dhoni #AsiaCupT20 pic.twitter.com/tbUverGtn9
— Ashutosh Chaturvedi (@ashutoshjourno) September 6, 2022
Once Upon a time there lived a ghost.
Today We Realise how important he was🥺🖤#INDvSL #arshdeepsingh #Dhoni #Captaincy pic.twitter.com/WPVkPeX2nx
— Pramod Solanki (@PramothSolanki) September 6, 2022
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WE MISS DHONI EVERYWHERE #Dhoni #RishabhPant #teamindia pic.twitter.com/P5BbdDPsAG
— Isha Negi (@Ishanegi1918) September 6, 2022
How this man has saved this Indian team many times from this situations are incredible. #captaincy is not easy as this man showed us. Hence proved #AsiaCup2022 #IndvsSriLanka #Dhoni #MSDhoni𓃵 #mahi pic.twitter.com/PpVOxGQkpj
— Deepesh Tiwari (@Deepesht11) September 6, 2022
