MS Dhoni 183 Runs On Diwali: Almost 19 years ago, on the day of Diwali, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s storm was seen. Then Mahi had made the best score of his career. On 31 October 2005, on the day of Diwali, the third ODI of the 7 ODI series was played between India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, who came to bat first, scored 298 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs. In this way, India had a target of 299 runs. In response to this, the Indian team, which came to bat, did not have a good start. Sachin Tendulkar walked out after scoring just 2 runs. Virender Sehwag returned to the pavilion after scoring 39 runs.
Sri Lankan team flew under the storm of Mahendra Singh Dhoni…
That day Mahendra Singh Dhoni got a chance to bat at the top. Mahi came to bat at number three. The process of falling wickets continued. Batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh returned to the pavilion cheaply, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni kept hitting sixes and fours at one end. Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit 15 fours and 10 sixes in his stormy innings. He returned not out after scoring 183 runs in 145 balls. At the same time, India achieved the target with the loss of 4 wickets in 46.1 overs. Apart from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Venugopal Rao returned not out after scoring 19 runs in 39 balls.
Kumar Sangakkara had scored a brilliant century
Before coming to bat, Sri Lanka scored 298 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs. For Sri Lanka, opener Kumar Sangakkara scored the highest score of 138 runs in 147 balls. He hit 13 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Apart from this, Mahela Jayawardene scored 71 runs in 70 balls. He hit 10 fours in his innings. While Parvez Maharoof remained not out after scoring 33 runs on 16 balls. At the same time, Ajit Agarkar took maximum 2 wickets for India. Also, Jaiprakash Yadav and Virender Sehwag got 1 success each.
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