[Watch] ‘Probably intentional’- Australian wicketkeeper on ‘genius’ Dhoni’s stumping

Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey recently praised MS Dhoni’s ‘genius’ and reflected on his exceptional wicketkeeping abilities.

Carey used an example from India’s 2016 white-ball tour to Australia, namely the second T20I. The odd stumping caused James Faulkner to collapse to Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling.

Although the ball bounced off Dhoni’s pads after a thick inside edge before smashing into the stumps, Carey said the effort was deliberate and flawlessly executed by the then-Indian captain.

“Dhoni, he’s a genius!”

Alex Carey reacts to this incredible stumping from the Indian champion 👏 pic.twitter.com/KwSulc2yLf

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“Dhoni, he’s a genius, so he probably meant it. This probably is intentional because it is MS Dhoni. Big chop on from Faulkner. Hit the pad, deflection back onto the stumps. And I think we have got a stumping,” stated Carey while speaking to cricket.com.au.

Speaking of the match, India ended up victorious by 27 runs while successfully defending 185 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Faulkner wicket wasn’t the only time Dhoni contributed with the gloves in that game, as he was also involved in Aaron Finch’s (74 off 48) run-out, Chris Lynn’s(2 off 4) wicket and Glenn Maxwell’s stumping (1 off 2).

He even contributed 14 off 9 with the bat in the first innings. Virat Kohli was adjudged the Player of the Match for his unbeaten 33-ball 59. Rohit Sharma was the Men in Blue’s top-scorer with 60 off 47 while Jasprit Bumrah (2/37 in four overs) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/37 in four overs) chipped in with two wickets each.