Ex-India Star Reveals MS Dhoni’s Technique Behind 2007 T20 World Cup Win

Forward of subsequent month’s T20 World Cup 2024, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh delved into the main points of ex-captain MS Dhoni’s management abilities that made Males in Blue the inaugural champions of the format again in 2007. Within the nail-biting summit conflict between the 2 arch-rivals — India and Pakistan, the end result was selected the ultimate over as Dhoni-led aspect received the match by 5 runs in Johannesburg, South Africa. The veteran spinner credited Dhoni for his decision-making and involving workforce members earlier than taking the ultimate name.

“Not many individuals know, Dhoni was a really new captain, so he wanted that help from all of us. Earlier than matches towards groups like Australia, New Zealand, and England, our core group would get collectively through the recreation to strategise for the following few overs.

“For instance, in a match towards Australia, I bowled the essential seventeenth or 18th overs as a result of if we managed to provide away solely 4 runs, it saved us rather a lot,” Harbhajan stated in a particular Star Sports activities Press Room.

Defending 157, India was in a crunch scenario within the match after Harbhajan leaked 19 runs in his seventeenth over as Mishbah-ul-Haq slammed three sixes. With 35 runs wanted of the final three overs, Dhoni gave the following over to pacer S Sreesanth wherein he conceded 15 runs and a wicket of Sohail Tanvir.

The equation was 20 runs in 12 balls for Pakistan with two wickets in hand. Harbhajan was once more given the essential nineteenth over as Dhoni saved medium-pacer Joginder Sharma for the ultimate over.

Harbhajan proved his captain proper by solely giving seven runs and a wicket of Umar Gul. Then Joginder scripted historical past for India within the third ball of his over with a wicket of Pakistan captain to take the aspect over the road within the high-octane encounter.

Recalling the reminiscence, the-43-year outdated complimented Dhoni’s collective management abilities behind choosing the right bowler for the ultimate over of the summit conflict.

“Again then, batters did not rating 25 runs in an over not like immediately. The choice-making was at all times a workforce effort. If you play collectively as a united workforce, you win extra competitions. Dhoni was an excellent listener, taking collective choices that benefited the workforce. It was by no means about particular person performances however about enjoying as ‘we’,” he stated.

“Equally, the query now’s can Rohit Sharma do it? Rohit just isn’t alone; it is about ‘we’. If we play as a united workforce, fascinated by collective success quite than particular person achievements, then we will win. But when we solely concentrate on private objectives, issues develop into troublesome. It is all concerning the ‘we’ mentality, and that is when issues come to life,” the veteran added.

The 2 Asian cricket heavyweights are set for an additional thrilling conflict within the upcoming T20 World Cup in New York on June 9.

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