Team India came out with all guns blazing in Adelaide against Australia in the second ODI to level the series 1-1. The Indian skipper Virat Kohli along with MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik played crucial roles in helping the Indian team to chase down the second-highest successful chase at the venue. Moreover, the veteran Dhoni finishing the game delighted the followers of the game. But there was a mistake from the umpires during the slog overs of the chase as Dhoni didn’t complete a run.
The incident took place off the last ball of the 45th over which Nathan Lyon was bowling. The equation was pretty close and Dhoni had already eked out 10 runs off the first five deliveries of the over. The last ball saw him knocking the ball down to long on and take a single calmly. The former Indian skipper was visibly tired and literally walked to complete his single.
ALSO READ: MS Dhoni Forget To Raise His Bat After Completing His Half-Century
However, there was an uncalled mistake from MS Dhoni and the on-field umpire as well. Dhoni didn’t completely reach the crease and tap his bat inside the line as well. He quickly turned back to have a chat with his Karthik with the required run-rate hovering around nine on a consistent basis.
Here’s the video:
Did anyone notice that dhoni actually didn’t complete the run here? pic.twitter.com/F9KjKiFILc
— superrules_fool (@Superrules_fool) January 15, 2019
This could’ve been a huge blunder had India managed to win the game on the last ball of the match. But the fact that the visitors sealed it with four balls to spare thanks to MS Dhoni’s gigantic six down the ground off Jason Behrendorff in the last over. That shot reminded everyone of the six he had smacked to Clint McKay back in 2012 during the tri-series on the first ball of the last over itself.
As far as the match is concerned, Dhoni remained unbeaten on 55 off just 54 balls and much to the delight of the Indian team management, the wicketkeeper-batsman has started 2019 on a brighter note with two successive half-centuries after a dismal 2018. He hadn’t managed to score even a single fifty-plus score last year.
