MS Dhoni's masterful advice helped me dismiss Chris Gayle in IPL: Shahbaz Nadeem

Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni is widely considered to have one of  sharpest cricketing brains across world. 38-year-old is extremely good at reading game. Moreover, being a wicketkeeper also gives him opportunity to have a 360-degree view from batsman's perspective. MS Dhoni has been spotted guiding bowlers on several occasions as to where to bowl to a particular batsman, especially when in trouble.

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IPL: Shabaz Nadeem reveals MS Dhoni's method to counter Chris Gayle

Recently, MS Dhoni's statemate Shahbaz Nadeem revealed how MS Dhoni advised him to bowl against West Indies’ explosive batsman Chris Gayle. While speaking to Aakash Chopra’s YouTube channel, Shahbaz Nadeem said that he didn’t get a chance to bowl to Chris Gayle, who’s kwn for taking left-arm spinners to cleaners. refore, he developed ‘Chinaman’ to get better of  West Indies international.

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Nadeem furr said that he always used to think that he would bowl chinaman to Chris Gayle. He added that he practised chinaman for two years just thinking about Jamaican. Shahbaz Nadeem went on to reveal how he once met MS Dhoni during an edition of Vijay Hazare Trophy and asked CSK captain for a way to counter Chris Gayle. As MS Dhoni and Shahbaz Nadeem both play for same team, i.e. Jharkhand, former replied comically that latter should consider himself lucky to t get to bowl at Chris Gayle one bit.

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However, on a serious te, MS Dhoni advised Shahbaz Nadeem to t bowl to Chris Gayle in his 'arc'. MS Dhoni asked him to eir bowl outside his range or close to his pads so that he takes a single. Nadeem also discussed with MS Dhoni about bowling chinaman to Chris Gayle. Dhoni replied saying that it shouldn’t be a slow one as n batsman would have eugh time to adjust his strokes. Nadeem also went on to recall how he dismissed Chris Gayle with same delivery when he was playing for Delhi Daredevils (w Delhi Capitals) against  Royal Challengers Bangalore as batsman slapped ball to deep midwicket, t timing shot properly.

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