The match was all evens-stevens, any one’s game. Then Dhoni, no stranger to playing match winning innings, hit four after four after four till he hit 72* off 46 balls. In total, Dhoni hit 13 fours. In the end, India coasted to victory. Not that the Pakistani bowling or captaincy was great. Zainub elaborates on Rana’s waywardness and Inzy’s errors. But that is no discredit to Dhoni who came in with the game nicely poised and took the game away from Pakistan.

Dhoni now has 1054 one day runs at an average of 50.19. Yes, we still have to see how Dhoni fares outside the sub-continent. But that is for another day, another time. In the sub-continent at least, Dhoni’s bat speaks strong.

On another note, the Indian one day batting line up is looking stronger after every match. The class at the top of the order is there. The depth lower down with Dhoni, Pathan makes it a very potent combination. And we haven’t seen a lot of Raina till now, have we.

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