CWC 2019: WATCH- Shoaib Akhtar says, “MS Dhoni, you are an absolute legend”

Akhtar praised Jadeja and Dhoni and said that India should be proud of the way they played.

Dhoni and Jadeja almost did it for India | GettyFormer Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said that Team India can be proud of the way they played in the ICC World Cup 2019, despite being defeated by New Zealand in the semi-finals of the tournament.

He reserved special praise for the duo of Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni, whose 129 runs partnership brought India back into the game after they were 5/3 in the first five overs and 92/6 in 24 overs. Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya too made valuable contributions but got out at inopportune times.

"What a match. Wah, Wah, Ravindra Jadeja... very good innings. Dhoni... you are an absolute legend. With your game today, you have proved you're a great batsman and a great brand ambassador for the team. But unfortunately, that run out changed it. A dive would have changed it. India, you were so close... yet so far," Shoaib Akhtar said in his review of the match on his YouTube channel.

"But hats off to India. India fought back really well. You have done yourself very proud. Jadeja, you have saved the grace. It was a poor batting performance by the top five players. Rohit (Sharma) got a brilliant ball. However, I think Virat Kohli was unlucky as it was a poor decision to give him out. The ball was just clipping the bails and he was given out by the on-field umpire,” he further said.

"It was unfortunate that Jadeja got out to a ball that he could have hit for a six. And had Dhoni dived, who knows, he wouldn't have got run-out and would have taken India across the finishing line," he added.

India eventually fell short of the target by 18 runs and got knocked out of the tournament.

Here is the video of Shoaib Akhtar reviewing the semi-final match and praising Dhoni-Jadeja:

 

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 11 Jul, 2019

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