MS Dhoni's highest test score helped India beat the }mighty Australia
Australia began by winning a crucial toss and amassing 380. With the pitch slowly but surely becoming harder to bat on and a first innings lead being of utmost importance, India were reduced to a precarious 198-4 with the ball spinning sharply.
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On the back of a home series defeat to England, with immense pressure on the captain, MS Dhoni produced an innings for the ages, scoring 224 of the best Test runs of his career. He ran the Aussies ragged in the process while battling the situation, pitch and the heat. While his partnership with Kohli helped India recover, it was the one with Bhuvaneshwar Kumar that landed the final nail in the coffin for Australia in the match and as it turned out the series.
Sharing a 140-run partnership with Kumar, the skipper scored over 100 of them with incredible running and strike farming while manipulating the field with mastery. This was the 4th highest score ever by a wicket-keeper batsman in Tests and a match-winning knock that knocked the stuffing out of the Australian team for the rest of the series as India went on to win 4-0, thus regaining the Border Gavaskar Trophy and reasserting their home dominance.
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Venkatesh Ravichandran
Venkatesh has been writing cricket news, listicle and feature articles for Sportskeeda for over a year. He loves cricket because of the diversity of the playing fields and its unparalleled nuances, which no other sport presents. He also enjoys the analytical and quantitative side of the sport, which originates from his MBA degree and 10 years of experience in the IT industry in companies like Infosys, Atos and TCS.
Venkatesh ensures proper research from reliable sources and social media trends to gather information, and adds his own dash of creativity to create insightful content.
He started watching cricket in the late 1990s, having been impressed with South Africa and New Zealand’s gentleman-like attitude. Domestically, he supports the Chennai Super Kings for their ability to bring the best out of their players owing to a friendly and conducive team environment.
He admires three cricketers the most – Brian Lara for his batting style, AB de Villiers for changing the paradigm of batting and MS Dhoni for his unique cerebral approach to field placings and batting. Along with cricket, Venkatesh also enjoys watching and playing tennis and basketball. In his free time, he finds pleasure in singing and watching movies and web series.
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