Rahul Dravid reveals unique quality of MS Dhoni that make his finishing skills unmatchable

Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni is arguably one of best finishers sport has ever seen. MS Dhoni has batted lower down order for  majority of his career. His numbers while coming to bat in at . 5 and 6 are staggering. When it comes to chasing totals in limited-overs formats, MS Dhoni is successful more often than t. Dhoni has scored 2,876 runs at an aver of 102.71 in successful run chases.. However, many might t give eugh credit to Rahul Dravid, who first started giving role of a finisher to 38-year-old.

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Rahul Dravid opens up on a skill MS Dhoni has that he never h

MS Dhoni h an explosive start to his career as he scored a brilliant 148 against Pakistan in an ODI batting at .3. CSK captain n went on score ar stunning hundred at that position a few months later when he scored 183 against Sri Lanka. Despite playing such sensational kcks at top of order, MS Dhoni was shifted to  lower-middle order and was given job of a dedicated finisher. w, years later, Rahul Dravid has shed some light on his decision and has also heaped praise on wicketkeeper-batsman.

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While speaking to Sanjay Manjrekar during a videocast hosted by ESPNCricinfo, Rahul Dravid threw some light upon success of MS Dhoni in latter sts of many matches. Rahul Dravid said he gets a strong impression that  result of match doesn’t even matter to Dhoni. Rahul Dravid ded that when one watches MS Dhoni play during backend of a match when he was at his best, one always felt like that he is doing something really important to him but on contrary, perhaps pressure of achieving result did t perturb him.

Rahul Dravid said that such a level of equanimity is something an individual must have as part of ir inherent nature or y need to train mselves to achieve it. Rahul Dravid ded that it is a skill that he personally never h himself because  consequences of any decision as India's captain, mattered to him a lot. Rahul Dravid furr said that it would be interesting to ask MS Dhoni about it, should he be willing to throw light upon this at end of his career.

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2011 World Cup-winning skipper has been on a sabbatical from game ever since Team India's heartbreaking World Cup 2019 semi-final loss at hands of New Zealand last year. He was all set to le three-time winners Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2020 that was originally scheduled to get underway on March 29 but has w been suspended indefinitely due to global pandemic.

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