Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden said that Michael Hussey, in his prime, would have also won a 100-meter race against MS Dhoni. Dhoni is widely known as one of the fastest runners between the wickets in world cricket. Notably, he also once beat Hardik Pandya in a 100-meter dash, despite being 12 years older than the latter as well. Hayden, however, added that Hussey would have beaten Dhoni in a 100-meter dash.

He said while speaking to ESPNcricinfo, “MS Dhoni is pretty unflappable, but if you really want to give him the shivers, just have a slack fielding effort and don’t contribute in the field. That’s one of the few times that you look at him go, ‘Oh, that’s not going to be good’.”

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However, Matthew Hayden played with MS Dhoni for three years for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He was part of the squad when CSK won their maiden IPL title in 2010. Hayden also stated that he found it very challenging to face former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.

“There were two parts of Harvey. There was Harvey that thought he could get me out every ball, and Harvey that finally gave me some respect and basically just kept me out of play, and that Harvey was really hard for me to play because I always wanted to come at him and I’d fall into the trap pretty much nine times out of 10. They are so different. A World Cup is such a monumental moment. Clearly, I was privileged to play two of them. The IPL was something that I feel real happy about playing in. It was at a time after the Monkeygate where both nations were struggling, there was power struggle as well on and off the field. So, the IPL was sensational. 2010 IPL is something that I will never forget. Winning down here in Mumbai was magic,” Matthew Hayden concluded.