‘It was a heartbreak moment’: MS Dhoni on 2019 ODI World Cup semifinal | Cricket News
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NEW DELHI: Millions of Indian fans were left heartbroken when MS Dhoni was run out against New Zealand in the 2019 ODI World Cup semifinal at Old Trafford, Manchester on July 10.
Chasing a 240-run target, India were 209/7 after 48 overs and had just lost रवींद्र जडेजा who had played arguably his best ODI innings – a 59-ball 77-run knock that was studded with 4 sixes and 4 fours.
Needing 31 runs off the last 12 balls, India still had the ‘best finisher in the world’ at the crease and still hopeful of victory.
Lockie Ferguson bowled the penultimate over of the match and Dhoni hit the first ball of the over for a six over deep backward point. The second delivery was a got ball.
It was the third ball of the over when hearts of millions of Indian fans skipped a beat as ironically, for a man who is so good between the wickets, was run out, in what turned to be his last ODI.
Ferguson bowled a slower ball on a length and it popped up off the glove towards short fine leg as Dhoni got cramped on the pull.
With Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the other end, Dhoni ran for two but there was a slight stutter on the second run and that cost Dhoni as he was just short of a direct hit at the keeper’s end by Martin Guptill.
Dhoni was run out after a 50-run knock that came off 72 balls and India lost the match by 18 runs and were eliminated from the World Cup.
Now a video has surfaced online in which during an event, Dhoni is asked by a fan about that moment and how she dealt with it.
Dhoni replies, “It was a difficult one because I knew that this will be my last World Cup, so it would have been good to be on the winning side. It was heartbreak moment, so we accepted the result and we tried to move on. Time thoda lagta hai aur World Cup ke baad thoda time mil bhi jata hai. Maine toh uske baad international khela nahi hai toh mujhe toh kaafi time mila hai. (It takes time and one gets some time after the World Cup. I haven’t played any international after that, so I got a lot of time). So, yes, it was a heartbreak but at the same time you have to get out of it. So you just accept that you tried your best, but you were not able to win it.”
Chasing a 240-run target, India were 209/7 after 48 overs and had just lost रवींद्र जडेजा who had played arguably his best ODI innings – a 59-ball 77-run knock that was studded with 4 sixes and 4 fours.
Needing 31 runs off the last 12 balls, India still had the ‘best finisher in the world’ at the crease and still hopeful of victory.
Lockie Ferguson bowled the penultimate over of the match and Dhoni hit the first ball of the over for a six over deep backward point. The second delivery was a got ball.
It was the third ball of the over when hearts of millions of Indian fans skipped a beat as ironically, for a man who is so good between the wickets, was run out, in what turned to be his last ODI.
Ferguson bowled a slower ball on a length and it popped up off the glove towards short fine leg as Dhoni got cramped on the pull.
With Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the other end, Dhoni ran for two but there was a slight stutter on the second run and that cost Dhoni as he was just short of a direct hit at the keeper’s end by Martin Guptill.
Dhoni was run out after a 50-run knock that came off 72 balls and India lost the match by 18 runs and were eliminated from the World Cup.
Now a video has surfaced online in which during an event, Dhoni is asked by a fan about that moment and how she dealt with it.
Dhoni replies, “It was a difficult one because I knew that this will be my last World Cup, so it would have been good to be on the winning side. It was heartbreak moment, so we accepted the result and we tried to move on. Time thoda lagta hai aur World Cup ke baad thoda time mil bhi jata hai. Maine toh uske baad international khela nahi hai toh mujhe toh kaafi time mila hai. (It takes time and one gets some time after the World Cup. I haven’t played any international after that, so I got a lot of time). So, yes, it was a heartbreak but at the same time you have to get out of it. So you just accept that you tried your best, but you were not able to win it.”
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is widely regarded as one of the greatest captains and wicket-keeper batsmen in the history of the game. Dhoni became the captain of the Indian cricket team in 2007.
Under his leadership, India won several major ICC tournaments, including the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011, and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013.
Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket in December 2014. He retired from international limited-overs cricket on August 15, 2020, but continues to play in the IPL.
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