ICC Awards 2020: MS Dhoni wins 'Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade' for THIS gesture

With his retirement in August 2020, MS Dhoni left a long-lasting cricketing legacy behind him. Bounding on to Indian cricket scene in 2004-05, Dhoni has left an indelible mark on Indian cricket in a career spanning 16 years. In that time, t only has former Indian skipper won accoles for his playing and keeping skills, but also for spirit in which he played game. Dhoni's gesture of recalling Ian Bell after a ruut at Trent Bridge in 2010, has been chosen for "ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of Dece" at ICC Awards 2020.

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MS Dhoni Spirit of Cricket Award: Trent Bridge incident 

India were in England in July of 2010. MS Dhoni and Co. h lost first Test by a massive 196 runs and on Day 3 of 2nd Test h alrey relinquished slim le y h won in ir first innings. While India h cleaned up openers cheaply, pair of Ian Bell and Eoin Morgan h fixed mselves in middle and were scoring at an alarming pace. This was background to one of most fondly remembered acts of sportsmanship in game.

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Some carelessness and confusion h led to centurion Ian Bell walking down pitch for a chat with Morgan after taking three runs. pair believed that Morgan h hit ball for a boundary, rendering ball de. On boundary, however,  Praveen Kumar h cleanly collected ball and thrown it to Abhinav Mukund, who took off bails and appealed for a run-out. By n, batsmen were almost off field and h to be stopped by umpires while appeal was reviewed by third umpire. 

replay showed that since ball h t crossed boundary, it was still very much in play and Bell was fairly deemed run out at 137. However, when teams walked out again, it was in fact Bell and Morgan who came on - Dhoni h approached team and h withdrawn India's appeal. re was much talk of this gesture in coming weeks and it eventually won Dhoni ICC Spirit of Cricket Award for 2011. India went on to lose match by 319 runs - and series 0-4. 

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MS Dhoni awards under ICC

Dhoni was judged as  ICC ODI Player of Year in 2008 and 2009. He was a part of  ICC World ODI XI in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 and  ICC World Test XI in 2009, 2010 and 2013. This year, Dhoni has bagged all top hours again, with inclusions in  Men's ODI and T20I Teams of Dece, of which he has also been named captain and keeper. 

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