5 underrated MS Dhoni innings in a winning cause

#1 92* vs South Africa in Indore, 2015

Dhoni silenced his critics with his unbeaten 92 against South Africa

Going into the second ODI against the Proteas, MS Dhoni had faced a lot of criticism as he failed to finish off from an easy position in the previous match.

India won the toss and decided to bat first at the Holkar Stadium. Centurion from the previous match, Rohit Sharma departed cheaply. Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli departed soon after as skipper Dhoni walked out to bat.

Dhoni started off slowly and in the mean time, Ajinkya Rahane scored his fifty and got out for 51. Suresh Raina and Axar Patel didn't provide support to Dhoni as India were reduced to 124/6 after 30 overs.

Dhoni got his eye in and kept the scorecard ticking along with the tailenders. He reached his fifty off 57 balls and stepped on the accelerator. He scored his next 42 runs off just 31 balls and took India to a decent total of 247/9 in their 50 overs.

Dhoni missed out on a well-deserved ODI century by 8 runs as he remained unbeaten on 92 off just 86 balls with seven fours and four sixes.

India went on to win the match by 22 runs and Dhoni was adjudged the Player of the Match for his brilliant knock.