5 underrated MS Dhoni innings in a winning cause

#3 45 vs South Africa in Durban (T20I), 2007

This is the only T20I innings that feature in this list. India somehow managed to sneak into the second round of the 2007 World T20 and lost their first match to New Zealand in the super eight stage.

They won the next match against England, thanks to Yuvraj Singh's six sixes and went into the last super eight match with a chance of making it to the semis.

After choosing to bat first, India lost the wickets of Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik and Virender Sehwag inside the first six overs with just 33 runs on the board.

Robin Uthappa and Rohit Sharma tried to pull things back, but Uthappa lost his wicket against the run of play with the scorecard reading 61-4 after 10.2 overs.

Skipper MS Dhoni joined Rohit Sharma at the crease and both the batsmen complemented each other well. Batting on 10, Dhoni survived a chance when Morne Morkel couldn't spot the ball, thanks to the floodlight and after that, there was no turning back for the skipper.

Both the batsmen put on 85 runs in 8.5 overs and took India to a decent position. Rohit remained unbeaten on a 40-ball 50 while Dhoni was not out of 45 off 33 balls with the help of four fours and one six.

India posted 153 runs on the board and bundled out the hosts for just 116 in their 20 overs. With this win, India reached the semis and eventually, went on to win the tournament. Though Rohit was adjudged the man of the match, Dhoni's stay at the crease and the runs he scored were very crucial for India in the context of the game.