5 underrated MS Dhoni innings in a winning cause

#2 85* vs Zimbabwe in Auckland, 2015

After winning their first five group stage matches, India took on Zimbabwe in the last match of the round in Hamilton. This was more of an inconsequential tie as India had already sealed the top spot in their group. But, a loss would've derailed their momentum going into the knockouts.

After winning the toss, India put Zimbabwe into bat. Indian fast bowling trio of Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma got early breakthroughs as Zimbabwe were reduced to 33/3 after the 11th over.

Stand-in skipper Brendan Taylor, who was playing his last match for his country, stitched together a 93-run stand with Sean Williams for the fourth wicket and followed it up with a 111-run stand for the fifth wicket with Craig Ervine.

Taylor eventually got out for 138 with the scorecard reading 235/5 after 42 overs. Inside the next seven overs, the Indian bowlers dismissed Zimbabwe for just 287. Indian top order failed again as Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane fell cheaply. Virat Kohli followed them soon after and that left India in a spot of bother with 196 runs required from 27 overs.

Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni played counter-attacking innings as they took the attack to the opposition. The duo was hardly troubled by the Zimbabwe bowlers as they reached their fifties and looked to take the game away from the Chevrons.

Raina stepped on the accelerator and reached his century off 94 balls. Both of them made sure that India went on to win the match by six wickets. Raina was not out on 110 off 104 balls while Dhoni remained unbeaten on 85 off 76 balls.