Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Friday (April 24) narrated how the legendary MS Dhoni plotted Jonathan Trott’s dismissal during the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 final, in which India defeated England by a narrow margin of 5 runs to lift the coveted title.
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Trott was batting on 17-ball 20 before Ashwin got him stumped, courtesy Dhoni’s brilliance behind the wickets.
In an Instagram Live session with Suresh Raina, Ashwin recalled that dismissal and said: “Trott got stumped off the first over that I bowled. I still remember Mahi bhai came up to me and said ‘Trott ko over the stump se mat daalna sirf round se daalna. Woh leg side mai khelne jaayega agar ball ghoomega to stumping ho jaayega’. Mujhe abhi bhi dimag mai nahi chal raha hai ki kaise bola waisa.”
Coming to the Champions Trophy 2013 final, it was a rain-curtailed 20-over affair at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Asked to bat first, India posted 129/7 on the board thanks to Virat Kohli’s 34-ball 43 and Ravindra Jadeja’s unbeaten 25-ball 33.
Defending the total, the Men in Blue rode on superb spells from Ashwin (2/15), Jadeja (2/24) and Ishant Sharma (2/36) to restrict England to 124/8. Eoin Morgan was top-scorer for the hosts with 30-ball 33.
