Afghanistan’s star wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad has often been seen imitating his idol, former Indian skipper, MS Dhoni on the field. Shahzad, who believed Dhoni to be his eye, has been seen shooting him as a helicopter shot on various occasions. Recently, he has done such a thing in the cricket field, after which the fans remembered Dhoni. But this time, instead of doing it with his bat, Shahzad has imitate the run-out style of Dhoni.
The Afghan opener did this great job during the BPL match between Chittagong Vikings and Dhaka Dynamites. Dhaka batsman Mijanur Rahman tried to go ahead of the spinner Nayeem Hassan’s ball and tried to play the shot. Although he missed it and the ball collapsed on his pad and stopped there.
When the ball was lying between batsmen and stumps, Shahzad was quick enough to come forward and he picked up the ball and threw it towards the wickets without even looking at it. The ball started going straight to the wickets and later when the third umpire saw the replay in which the batsman did not come inside the crease.
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You also see the video how soon after the blinking, Shahzad forced the opposition team’s batsman to leave the field.
https://vimeo.com/314451823
Expressing his craziness for Dhoni, Shahzad once said, “There was a time when India was playing a final in the West Indies. Dhoni was batting and India needed 15 runs in the last over. It was Ramzan time then as well. At that time, whatever we asked Allah is fulfilled. Dhoni was unfit for a couple of games earlier and was only playing the final against Sri Lanka. 15 were needed off the last over. I prayed to Allah that India win this match and Dhoni finishes the match. So, I had prayed and delayed my food for a while. So, I can delay sleep as well.”
Chittagong Vikings won this match by 11 runs. Earlier, while batting first, the team scored 174 runs in their quota of 20 overs. In reply, Dhaka team could not take advantage of captain Shakib Al Hasan’s half-century, and only managed to score 163 runs in their quota of 20 overs.
