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IPL 2021: MS Dhoni is one of the great finishers of the game, says DC coach Ricky Ponting

Press Trust of India • October 11, 2021, 11:31:38 IST
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Needing 13 off the last over, Dhoni hit a square cut, got a bit of luck going his way and then pulled DC’s best bowler Tom Curran for the most celebrated T20 boundary of recent times.

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IPL 2021: MS Dhoni is one of the great finishers of the game, says DC coach Ricky Ponting

Dubai: Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting was awestruck by Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s cool demeanour under pressure, describing the legendary Chennai Super Kings skipper as one of the greatest finishers of the game. The ageless Dhoni produced a nostalgic little innings to take a band of old men from CSK into their ninth Indian Premier League final after beating DC by four wickets in the Qualifier 1 on Sunday night. Needing 13 off the last over, Dhoni hit a square cut, got a bit of luck going his way and then pulled DC’s best bowler Tom Curran for the most celebrated T20 boundary of recent times. Before that, he had just slapped Avesh Khan for a six over mid-wicket. [caption id=“attachment_10044931” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] ![MS Dhoni captain of Chennai Super Kings hitting a over boundary during the qualifier 1 match of the Vivo Indian Premier League between the Delhi Capitals and the Chennai Super Kings held at the Dubai International Stadium in the United Arab Emirates on the 10th October 2021 Photo by Saikat Das / Sportzpics for IPL](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MS-Dhoni-Sportzpics-640.jpg) MS Dhoni played a masterful cameo to steer CSK to victory over DC in the first IPL qualifier. Sportzpics[/caption] “Yeah, look, he (Dhoni) (has) been one of the greats. It was a situation tonight, we were sitting back in the dug-out and thinking, will (Ravindra) Jadeja come next, will Dhoni come next and I put up my hand up straight away and said Dhoni will come out now and try (and) ice the game,” Ponting said. “Look, I think when he is done and when he’s retired, I think he’ll definitely be remembered as one of the great finishers the game has ever seen.” Ponting said DC bowlers failed to execute their plans against Dhoni. “Look we probably didn’t execute as well we needed to him (Dhoni) in those last couple of overs and you know that if you miss, he is going to make you pay and he has done it for a long time now. “I think, our bowlers just missed their areas a little-bit to MS in the end and he certainly made us pay,” he said. CSK head coach Stephen Fleming also lavished praise on his skipper, who turned the clock back and played a match-winning cameo in the Qualifier 1, saying it was “emotional” to see Dhoni finish the game. “Well, it was great. It was emotionally great for us. We wish him (Dhoni) every time he goes out because we know the pressure he has, the expectations on him and again he came up trumps for us. So it was emotional in the changing room,” he said in the post-match virtual press conference. Asked what conversation he had with Dhoni, who has won three ICC titles for India as a leader, Fleming replied: “Yes a lot of chat.” “We, I think, we probably spoke more in these 20 overs (than) we have for a long time. There was a lot of technical discussion and just manoeuvring to try and work out how this was going to unfold and who was going to make the maximum impact. “But I tell you what, when the captain gets a look in his eyes and said I’ll go, it’s been well documented times that he’s done that and today was one of those. So, I ain’t holding him back and we saw the result of that,” the head coach said. Before Dhoni gave the finishing touches, it was Ruturaj Gaikwad’s stroke-filled 70 and equally aggressive 63 from Robin Uthappa which laid the foundation for CSK’s win. “Well, we’ve been very proud of every performance a player puts up that helps (us) win the game, so that was pretty special. I thought right from the first ball, his (Uthappa’s) intent was good,” said Fleming. Courtesy their win, CSK have made it to their ninth IPL final, while DC will now lock horns with the winner of the Eliminator between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore .

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