5 Coolest things MS Dhoni has done

Being the captain of the most talked about cricket team in the world is not an easy job, but MS Dhoni has shouldered this responsibility for nearly a decade with ease.

Captain cool, as they call him, has time and again showed his wits on the field and won a million hearts. There is absolutely no way in which anyone could describe the abilities and the mindset of this modern day legend.

He is known for his unorthodox, never seen before approach and no wonder that it is this uniqueness has got him this far. Here are 5 coolest things MS Dhoni has done:

1. Hitting sixes off the last ball:

MS Dhoni is famous in the cricketing universe as the best finisher in the modern day game. Well, this is just a testimony of his daredevilry on the field. He has not only finished off games for India but finished them in style.

MS has the knack of hitting last ball sixes. He holds the record for hitting the most number of last ball sixes in international cricket. He has done so on 9 occasions in ODI cricket and thrice in T20Is. He hit a six off the last ball once in a Test match as well, and twice in IPL matches. The most recent of his last ball hitting spree came in the final league game of his franchise Rising Pune Supergiants when he hit Axar Patel for a maximum to seal the game for his team.

In the international fixtures, the most recent was in the Asia Cup finals, when he hit Al-Amin Hossain for a six to win the Asia Cup earlier this year. However, the best of them remains to be the six that won the ICC World Cup for India in 2011.

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