Twitter reacts as MS Dhoni proves his stumpings are faster than light

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has often been the face of criticism for the poor performance from the Rising Pune Supergiant. The former captain’s struggle with the bat led to a lot of criticisms from the former players and also from the “experts” on the micro-blogging platform. Recently, the former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly had his criticisms about Dhoni.

“I am not too sure if Dhoni is a good T20 player. He is a champion ODI player but when it comes to T20 cricket, in 10 years, he has got one fifty and that’s not the best record,” said Ganguly.

Post that comments from the President of Cricket Association of Bengal, #DhoniDropped started trending on Twitter, with few users linking it to Karma.

Dhoni has overcome all the criticisms to silent the opposition by scoring a quick-fire 28 runs from 25 deliveries which included a monstrous six that got settled on the roof on a Sunday night. The knock helps the player to get rid of some criticisms shortly.

However, Dhoni’s form with the gloves is far better than some of the other wicketkeepers in the league. He has proved his skills behind the stumps in the opening four games for the Supergiant. The ongoing match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium was no less, with Dhoni’s glove-work getting the massive appreciation from the critics.

Dhoni got rid of the dangerous AB de Villiers with a blink-and-miss stumping in Imran Tahir’s over. The stumping was just reminiscent of what the wicket-keeper Dhoni can do.

Twitter went berserk after the sharp-nifty work of the keeper with one user posting “If stumping is a religion then Dhoni is God”, sharply favouring the keeper.

Another user argued that it was not Tahir’s good piece of bowling that dismissed the South African swashbuckling batsman with a tweet saying ” ABD was not RPS bowler’s cup of tea.. so Dhoni did it. ?”

Here are some of the other tweets that matched the above two:

AB may be quick but @msdhoni is the quickest behind the wickets. Top glovework. #IPL ?

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 16, 2017

Superb stumping from @msdhoni well bowled Tahir. Only the sprint did not happen in celebration! @RPSupergiants #RCBvRPS

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 16, 2017

AB de Villiers was sent back by MS Dhoni with a lightning-quick stumping. #RCBvRPS #IPL #IPL2017

(Pic: Crictracker) pic.twitter.com/4bRgFzeVV2

— Khurram Siddiquee (@imKhurram12) April 16, 2017

Brilliant Stumping by MS Dhoni to get rid of AB! The fastest hands in wicketkeeping history – MS Dhoni #RCBvRPS #IPL #IPL2017

— Khurram Siddiquee (@imKhurram12) April 16, 2017

The only thing faster than Dhoni's bat speed is his gloves behind the wickets.

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 16, 2017

#MSDhoni Is Faster Than Reliance #Jio 4G.??????

RT If You Agree!#RCBvRPS #RPSvRCB #IPL2017 #IPL #Dhoni #RCBvsRPS #RPSvsRCB pic.twitter.com/QrtDAmGDQr

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 16, 2017

If stumping is a religion then Dhoni is God

— Abhishek ?? #KKR? (@ImAbhishek_) April 16, 2017

ABD was not RPS bowler's cup of tea.. so Dhoni did it. ?

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 16, 2017

if Dhoni says out means out no need of TV umpire #IPL2017

— Virat kohli (@LiyakatDayar) April 16, 2017

#msdhoni and his gloves – the fastest on this planet. Combines with Tahir to remove the big fish #ABDevilliers

RCB: 73/3 (11.0) #RCBvRPS

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 16, 2017

There isn't a keeper in the world who completes stumpings quicker than #msdhoni Absolutely lightning hands. #RCBvRPS #IPL

— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) April 16, 2017

#Msdhoni just fantastic behind the wickets! #RangWahiJungNayi #RCBvRPS

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) April 16, 2017

#MSDhoni #RCBvRPS pic.twitter.com/4PZhesapxq

— Thyview (@Thyview) April 16, 2017