In this match I wanted to bat up the order and Gary Kirsten backed me as did the senior players. "The pressure had got to me in the previous games. "I took a quite few decisions tonight and if we hadn't had won I would have been asked quite a few questions," he said after the game. Imran made 72 to steer the innings to respectability, then returned to take the final English wicket to seal the win.Īs individuals who look within for answers often do, Dhoni said he had a point to prove only to himself. It was that risky.Ĭoming out to bat in that situation must be the gutsiest thing a captain has done in a World Cup final since a half-fit, out-of-form Imran Khan went in at three in 1992. Had his brave intentions not yielded runs, questions about Dhoni’s place in the side would have been asked. But he wanted to shield the two left-handers from Sri Lankan off-spin. When Dhoni promoted himself over Yuvraj and Suresh Raina, it wasn’t just the World Cup at stake. Dhoni screamed at Yuvraj Singh for the near mishap and hit his pad with his bat in disgust. For the first time, horror occupied his creaseless visage. It was best displayed in the dying moments of India’s chase when he nearly ran himself out.
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In the end, it did.īut as Dhoni revealed after the final, the pressure on him was immense.
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Like everything would fall into place at the right moment. Like he had a master plan only he understood. What do they know?” He carried on, living in the bubble that couldn’t be pricked. He must have smiled inwardly and thought, “Fools. Why Chawla? Why not Ashwin? Why Sreesanth? Why not Sreesanth? Why isn’t Harbhajan taking wickets? Some questioning was justified. Over the last few weeks, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has done things which have made little sense to India’s supporters.