New Zealand came back very strongly in the second T20I of the ongoing 3-match series against India, and levelled the series 1-1.
India outplayed Kiwis in the first match at Feroz Shah Kotla in all three departments of the game and registered a thumping victory. It was also Ashish Nehra’s last international match for India and he got a fitting farewell.
But, in the second ODI in Rajkot, the Blackcaps came back very strongly and outplayed India. There were some fielding errors by New Zealand but their batsmen and bowlers gave a very solid performance.
During the match, there was a very funny incident involving MS Dhoni. Dhoni tried to play an aggressive stroke on the front foot but lost his balance and somehow, just somehow, he managed to keep his feet grounded and save his wicket.
Twitter found MS Dhoni’s posture very ‘interesting’ and there was a flood of tweets:
Notout-Aasaan? Never Easy To Stump The King Of Stumpings, MS Dhoni. ???#INDvNZ #INDvsNZ #Dhoni #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/uqU3Fa9byR
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) November 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/Akshaybindas/status/926862440574304261
इतना streatch करके हराउंगा इंडिया को?? #indvsnz #Dhoni #MSDhoni #MSD pic.twitter.com/V3V10FoGjr
— Valyrian Steel (@Valyrian__Steel) November 4, 2017
Kisi bhi type ka stumping competition ho!!! Jitna Dhoni ne hi hai ?? #Dhoni #INDvNZT20 #Veerupanti pic.twitter.com/jasC6dFxJp
— Napoleon Solo (@NapoleonSolo03) November 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/thewolverinewa/status/926861351875514368
https://twitter.com/uniquekaviya/status/926861662740668416
That Stretch from MS Dhoni to avoid Stumping! ?
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.#indvnz #rajkot #TeamIndia #picoftheday #dhoni #Msdhoni #ma… https://t.co/OfMpqZLYN7 pic.twitter.com/DuXd2C4sqi— Cricket Universe (@CricUniverse) November 4, 2017
Never mind the result. Look at this effort. Brilliant, @msdhoni sir 🙂#dhoni #indvsnz #athletedhoni pic.twitter.com/jTgYQw8h3A
— Aditya Ghaisas (@theunforgiven_3) November 4, 2017
Great effort by this guy #Dhoni? but today’s @BLACKCAPS Day Good luck both Team for Final Fight ?#INDvNZ ? pic.twitter.com/iR4kZ6r0Yg
— Rao Tahir Islam (@I_M_RTI) November 4, 2017
Fitness level 😻👏 #Dhoni #dhonidhoni #fitness #indvsnz @msdhoni pic.twitter.com/d4hPfbJf82
— Nikhil Salecha (@SalechaNikhil) November 4, 2017