India missed the services of MS Dhoni in the fourth ODI against New Zealand at Hamilton when the visitor’s batting line-up imploded under swing-friendly conditions.
However, Dhoni was back for the fifth and fi🌟nal ODI at Wellington and was lightning fast as usual behind the stumps. He also assisted stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma in se𒁏tting the field positions and guiding the spinners.
In the 37th over of New Zealand’s innings, Dhoni’s smartness came to the fore when he ran out James Neesham during their 253-run chase.
Neesham missed a flighted delivery bowled by Kedar Jadhav and it hit him on the back pad. Indian players appealed in unison but umpire sa🔴id not-out as the impact was outside off. The ball was deflected behind the stumps and the Kiwi all-rounder came out of his crease havin🔴g no idea where the ball was.
Dhoni was quick to react to the situation; he immediately picked up the ball and hit the stumps directly. Umpire then referred it to the third umpire and replay showed that Neesham was well short to make his ground.
The brilliance of Dhoni💧 also left th♍e Twitterati in awe.
Neesham forgot about Dhoni the wicket-keep﷽er in his tribute yesterday.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)
Never leave your 🍬creas🧸e with MS Dhoni behind the stumps!
— ICC (@ICC)
WARNING: Don't try this act at home, it's only performed by professionals
— Sarah Taylor (@SarahTheCricket)
Clever Run out by Dhoni .
Maybe a match changing mo𒁃ment as Neesham was loo🌃king dangerous— A N K I T (@Ankitaker2)
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What a presence of mind by D💝honi to get rid🤡 of Neesham 👍
— Lord Voldemort (@Smart_Ladka)
Dhoni the magician 😲…. Neesham this time
— Srinidhi Acharya (@srinidhiacharya)
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Dhoni runs out Jimmy Neesham and somehow manag𓂃es to steal credit yet again! 😂😂
— Harry NaMo (@thatthinguy24)
MS DHONI is the saviour. Got J♊ames Neesham run out. 😎 Simply superb.👌 🇮🇳
— Feroz Hussain (@ferozhussain_)
