Mahendra Singh Dhoni is arguably the best captain in the history of the IPL. Sure, Rohit Sharma has the most number of titles as a skipper, but when it comes to setting up the field, bringing the right bowlers at the right time, and playing order with the batting order on any given day, Dhoni remains undefeated.
In a video of the match between Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings and Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore from the first leg of IPL 2021, which was recently shared on Instagram, Dhoni’s mind as a captain can be seen working in a completely unique when.
In the 10th over of the match, Dhoni was standing behind batter Glenn Maxwell, ordering commands to his bowler, Ravindra Jadeja. At this moment, the skipper said: Maarne de, soch ke maar mat khana (Let him hit, don’t be afraid of getting hit).”
On the next delivery, Jadeja could be seen delivering a courageous ball to Maxwell, who tried going for a big shot and completely failed to connect.
The bails came off, the stump half ripped, and a confident Jadeja gave a powerful send-off to the Australian hitter.
The highlight came from the same match in which Jadega had smashed purple cap holder Harshal Patel for five sixes and a four in a single over to tally the most expensive over in the history of the league with 37 runs coming off of it.
By the time the match was over, CSK had won by 69 runs and Ravindra Jadeja was declared the Player of the Match by a huge margin, thanks to his unbeaten 62-run innings off just 28 deliveries and bowling figures of 3/13.
