After the DRS gaffe in IND vs. AUS, Ravi Shastri had this to say about MS Dhoni.
After the DRS gaffe in IND vs. AUS, Ravi Shastri had this to say about MS Dhoni. Former Indian Cricket Team head coach Ravi Shastri praised MS Dhoni’s wicketkeeping skills. This happened after veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik made a mistake behind the stumps during the first T20I of the three-match series against Aaron Finch’s Australia National Cricket Team. The match was held at the Punjab Cricket Association Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, on Tuesday, September 20.
India’s loss
India lost the match’s coin toss and had to bat first. However, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli didn’t do anything noteworthy with their bats. But KL Rahul (55), Suryakumar Yadav (46), and Hardik Pandya (71) played absolutely amazing innings to help the Men In Blue score 208 runs. Indian bowlers didn’t do an excellent job of defending the target, so India lost the game by four wickets.
During Australia’s innings, wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik didn’t want to review a close LBW call against young all-rounder Cameron Green, who hit 8 fours and 4 sixes while scoring 61 runs off 30 balls. Notably, the young all-rounder wouldn’t have hit a half-century if India had taken a DRS early in the innings.
Ravi Shastri talks about Dhoni after Karthik doesn’t appeal
In the fifth over of the second innings, Yuzvendra Chahal, who bowls leg spin, hit Green’s leg stump with the ball. Green tried to hit it on the leg side. But he didn’t make any contact with the ball, so it went straight into the pads. The bowler, the wicketkeeper, and the whole India team didn’t ask for an LBW.
In the next over, India missed a chance, which showed on the big screen. The ball tracking showed that the ball would have hit the leg-stump if India had hit it.
The commentators of that match – Murali Kartik, Sunil Gavaskar, and Ravi Shastri talked about this. Shastri even mentioned Dhoni and said that the legendary wicketkeeper was outstanding at taking DRS calls.
How the conversation went
Gavaskar said, “It was a straight delivery, and he went for the sweep. But India did not review. The ball was hitting the stumps.”To this, Shastri responded by mentioning MSD. “Hitting? It was nice and clean. Surprising because he had gone across. Just wondering if he thought it was the height or the ball had struck outside the line. Such an important role, the keepers. This is where MS was so good,” he said.