Under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian team won the ICC T20 World Cup 2007, ODI World Cup 2011 and Champions Trophy.
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 is starting from June 2. This important tournament will be played in West Indies and USA. In this fantastic tournament, the match between India and Pakistan will be played in New York on June 9. Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has given his stand regarding this match.
Harbhajan Singh has previewed the upcoming match. Let us tell you, the performance of the Indian team in the last few ICC events has been quite ordinary and that is why they have not been able to win the trophy of these important tournaments. Under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian team won three ICC events. Under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian team won the ICC T20 World Cup 2007, ODI World Cup 2011 and Champions Trophy.
Speaking in the Star Sports press room, Harbhajan Singh previewed the India vs Pakistan match which will be played in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Harbhajan Singh said, ‘Many people do not know but Dhoni was also the new captain in the 2007 T20 World Cup and he needed support from all of us. In big teams like during matches against Australia, England and New Zealand, we all used to talk together and plan for the next few overs. For example, in the match against Australia, I bowled the 17th or 18th over and we gave only four runs. Later the batsmen were not able to score 25 runs in an over as is the case today.
Whatever decision was taken, it was taken together with all the team players. When you play as a team you win most of the matches. Dhoni was a very good listener and he used to give decisions in favor of the team only after everyone’s consent. It was never the case that one player performed well because all of us were playing the match as a team. It is like this this time. Questions should not be raised on Rohit Sharma because he is not alone and it is about playing together.
Harbhajan Singh made a big revelation regarding the final over of T20 World Cup 2007.
Harbhajan Singh said about the final of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2007, ‘When I finished my over, only one thing was going on in my mind. I was praying that we win this match from here. There was also a discussion going on as to who should be given the last over between me and Joginder Sharma.
If Misbah-ul-Haq had not hit a six in my last over, I would have bowled the last over. But a lot of runs were lost in my last over and Misbah was also playing spin very well and that is why we went with Joginder Sharma. He had also said that I would bowl the last over, so a lot of things were going on in everyone’s mind.
Regarding the victory of the 2007 T20 World Cup, S Sreesanth said, ‘Everything came in the last over. The decision had to be taken as to who should bowl the last over. Yes, we had Harbhajan Singh and Joginder Sharma. But we also had to see that if Harbhajan Singh does not bowl the last over, then we will have to give it to someone who can bowl well against Pakistan. Dhoni bhai took this decision and we won the match. This was seen throughout the World Cup. Yes, it was Mahi Bhai’s decision but we all listened to each other and we performed very well.
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