MS Dhoni is well known for his lightning fast reflexes behind the stumps and on Friday, the former Indian skipper once again provided the crucial breakthrough to his side during the Asia Cup 2018 final against Bangladesh.
Bangladesh opener Liton Das, who slammed his maiden century, was beaten by a googly from Kuldeep Yadav and Dhoni pulled off his trademark stumping to get rid of the 23-year-old. It was a big wicket for India as Liton was batting brilliantly and his dismissal was one of the main reasons why Bangladesh were not able to post a 250-plus total.
Dhoni took just 1/6th of a second to whip the bails off and send back Das packing for 121.
Meanwhile, Twitterati was in awe of MS Dhoni for his brilliant wicketkeeping as he also became the first wicketkeeper to affect 10 stumpings in the Asia Cup history.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
So it took a lightening ?stumping from Dhoni to get rid of Litan Das. To be fair nobody apart from him 'Lit' the game on fire with the bat for Bangladesh
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Only result if you leave the crease with Dhoni behind waiting to stump.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Vaa maa Minnal! Second lightning of the day strikes! ⚡️ 💛🦁
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
http://twitter.com/http_lx/status/1045683452287340544
. is the quickest behind the wickets. Top glovework. 🙏
— Sarah Taylor (@SarahTheCricket)
The only person on this planet who could have managed that stumping is MS Dhoni. Superhuman hand speed that. Camera technology is still catching up to capture that without a blur 😌
— Ameya Dalvi (@ameyadalvi)
"You miss, I hit", followed this policy a legend named . Pure genius.
— Priyanka (Astrology Guidance) (@AstroAmigo)
MS Dhoni sends centurion Liton Das packing for 121
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
http://twitter.com/hareshjjoshi/status/1045680038698311683
http://twitter.com/_selvakumar_n/status/1045680073007755264
What an absolute gem this dismissal one is Stumped by Dhoni Bless! Yes once again it's proved . Dhoni has lightning speed capabilities.
— RAAJ (@RAJ_B1996)
Don't You Dare Mess With MS Dhoni, His Hands Move Faster Than Light 🙏👏
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja)
http://twitter.com/Iamharry007/status/1045683838465331201
Brilliant from Msd behind the stumps !
MS DHONI – God of Wikcet-Keeping
— KICHU | Keerthy Devotee👨🏻💻™ (@ItsKrishnaTanu)
Perfection 👌🏼
— Sachin Deo Mehta (@BlackWind0w)
http://twitter.com/VipanVerma20/status/1045680145548238848