R Ashwin lauds MS Dhoni for his wicket-keeping skills

MS Dhoni, arguably the greatest wicketkeeper-batter of India was phenomenal behind the stumps during the 2013 Border Gavaskar trophy. Even with the bat, the two-time world champion was just behind Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara on the list of most runs in the series. However, it were his exceptional wicket-keeping skills during the series that left many in awe of him including Ravichandran Ashwin.

The former India captain was involved in 14 dismissals, nine more than any other wicket-keeper that played in the series. His skills were very much tested on the turning tracks of Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi and he excelled in every single match. On the back of his stellar performance and leadership skills, team India white-washed Australia by 4-0 and bagged the prestigious Border-Gavaskar trophy in 2013. 

Ashwin, the leading wicket-taker of the series quoted a tweet on Saturday praising MS Dhoni’s performance. The off-spinner retweeted the video and wrote “Hands” with two star-eye emojis.

Coming back to the series, it was not easy to keep wickets on rank turners and especially with quality spinners like Ravi Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Pragyan Ojha on show. However, Dhoni made it look very easy. He did it for over a decade in international cricket and is still brilliant behind the stumps in the Indian Premier League (IPL).