Watch how MS Dhoni stunned Twitter as Virat Kohli's Team India beat Sri Lanka in T20
Colombo: Mahendra Singh Dhoni once again showed flashes of his brilliance with a lightning quick stumping behind the stumps to send Sri Lanka batsman Angelo Matthews back to the pavilion during the lone T20I between India and Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday.
Despite being annihilated with a clean sweep by Virat Kohli’s men in the Test and ODI series, the hosts desperately chased for a win that was clearly evident from the first ball. With nothing to lose, they went after the Indian bowlers and even with two down, the Lions ticked the run-rate at a healthy pace.
Angelo Matthews and Dilshan Munaweera looked to steady the Sri Lankan innings before Dhoni sent the former packing in no time. Yuzvendra Chahal tempted Matthews to drive forward, but the Sri Lanka batsman missed the line and his bails were disrupted by the former India skipper in a flash.
Magical mahi pic.twitter.com/qpNczLCSPg
— ANOOP DEV (@AnoopCricket) September 6, 2017
Thala dhoni stumping HATS OFF THALA pic.twitter.com/sN48xm1fao
— Gowtham Prabhu (@GowthamPrabhu98) September 6, 2017
Matthews looked like he was back in time, but after a review by the on-field umpires, he, unfortunately, fell victim to Dhoni’s sharpness. Earlier, the former India skipper also completed his century of ODI stumpings, thus becoming the first wicket-keeper to do so.
Twitterati was quick to laud the 36-year-old for his prowess once again behind the stumps.
For the record, @msdhoni wasn't dismissed even once. Got many victims tho. Did you see his remarkable stumping to get rid of Mathews today?
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) September 6, 2017
Usain bolt would b happy that #Msdhoni choose cricket as his career!otherwise he would be worrying abt his records😜coz Dhoni is âš¡ï¸âš¡ï¸#indvsSL
— sampath Panda⚡🇮🇳 (@PandaSampath) September 6, 2017
One-off T20I : Blinked and missed the wicket of Angelo Mathews. Lightning fists of @msdhoni #INDvSL
— Aman Agarwal (@amanagr07) September 6, 2017
#SLvIND If u seen the stumping of Angelo Mathews
— Sumeet Anand (@anand63) September 6, 2017
Then u would understand Why MS Dhoni is the greatest everðŸ‘ðŸ»ðŸ‘ðŸ»ðŸ‘ðŸ»ðŸ‘🻠#Epic
Lightening strikes again in Colombo! Apparently, Angelo Mathews couldn't save himself! #IndvsSL #T20 #MSDhoni #superquick @msdhoni @BCCI
— Gaurav Deshmukh (@mr_deshmukh7) September 6, 2017
Lightning hands from MS Dhoni! Angelo Mathews stumped after the third umpire sees many replayshttps://t.co/zb9B9tDPph #SLvIND
— والڈ کرکٹ نیوز (@ZuBaiR578) September 6, 2017
Most away dismissals by Keeper:
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) September 6, 2017
476 - DHONI
475 - Boucher
460 - Gilchrist
367 - Sangakkara
In across all three formats!
Just a token of respect from fan boy @msdhoni @MSDhonifansclub @MSDhoniNet #MSDhoni #IndvsSL pic.twitter.com/Twjgl8Q8Di
— In Short (@InShort0) September 7, 2017
This is why speed is measured in m/s ðŸ'#MSDhoni @msdhoni #IndvsSL #T20 pic.twitter.com/Q7y5CxbgHC
— Nishant Kumar🇮🇳 (@Imnk007) September 7, 2017
