One of the most loved and scrutinised cricketers to have ever been born in India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the perfect story for every small town boy/girl who wants to make it big in life. Hailing from the cricketing backwaters - Jharkhand, Dhoni is unarguably the second most popular player in the cricket frenzy nation after 'God' Sachin Tendulkar. Going by the statistics, Dhoni is India's most successful captain and under his leadership, India have won the top prize in all formats of the gentlemen's game - the inaugural World Twenty20 on his captaincy debut in 2007, No.1 Test ranking for 18 months starting December 2009, and the 50-over World Cup in 2011 in Mumbai. He is also the first captain in the world to win three different ICC trophies. Dhoni also led India to a memorable 2013 Champions Trophy triumph in England. During his now more than 14-years long international career, Dhoni has played an integral part in many of India's famous victories. For his impressive match-winning skills, the veteran batsman has also been christened with the tag of 'one of the best finishers in the sport', especially in the limited-overs format. However, with age catching up - Dhoni's batting abilities are on the wane but his electric reflexes and impeccable instincts behind the stumps still make him an indispensable asset to Team India. With the countdown of the 2019 ICC World Cup already started, India still needs the services of one of its biggest stalwarts who is responsible for taking the team to insurmountable heights.
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Dhoni and his team were so tired that they were resting on the floor after the match against KKR finished late with Sakshi also giving company to her hubby.
Chahar also pointed out that he uses his time with skipper MS Dhoni to talk about the finer skills of bowling and areas that he can improve on.
CSK won by seven wickets as Harbhajan (2/15) and Tahir (2/21) bowled magnificently to derail the KKR batting.
In the 11th over of the match, Tahir bowled a brilliant googly to Gill which he missed completely and Dhoni didn't take much time in destroying the bails.
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Although both the teams are equal on points -- eight apiece -- KKR have a better net run-rate of +1.058 over CSK's +0.159.
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It looked like Chahar had lost the plot and was scared of the responsibility of bowling in the death with the batsmen in full flow.
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This is not the first time Krunal has tried to give warning to the opposition batsman for 'Mankad'. In the match against Kings XI Punjab, the 28-year-old did the same with their middle-order batsman Mayank Agarwal.
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He also picked Mahendra Singh Dhoni as his favourite all-rounder among current cricketers.
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