Diwali 2024: When Dhoni created a stir on the occasion of Diwali, he gave India victory by scoring 183 runs

MS Dhoni: That day Mahendra Singh Dhoni got a chance to bat higher up the order. Mahi came in to bat at number three. The wickets kept falling one after the other, but he kept hitting sixes and fours.

MS Dhoni 183 Runs On Diwali: About 19 years ago, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's storm was seen on Diwali. Mahi had then scored the best score of his career. On 31 October 2005, on the day of Diwali, the third ODI of the 7-match ODI series was played between India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, who came to bat first, scored 298 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs. In this way, India had a target of 299 runs. In response, the Indian team that came to bat did not have a good start. Sachin Tendulkar got out after scoring just 2 runs. Virender Sehwag returned to the pavilion after scoring 39 runs.

The Sri Lankan team was swept away by Mahendra Singh Dhoni's storm...

That day Mahendra Singh Dhoni got a chance to bat higher up the order. Mahi came in to bat at number three. The sequence of wickets falling continued from one end to the other. Batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh returned to the pavilion cheaply, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni kept hitting sixes and fours at one end. Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit 15 fours and 10 sixes in his stormy innings. He returned not out after scoring 183 runs in 145 balls. India achieved the target in 46.1 overs for 4 wickets. Apart from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Venugopal Rao returned not out after scoring 19 runs in 39 balls.

Kumar Sangakkara scored a brilliant century

Earlier, Sri Lanka came out to bat and scored 298 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs. For Sri Lanka, opener Kumar Sangakkara scored the highest 138 runs in 147 balls. He hit 13 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Apart from this, Mahela Jayawardene scored 71 runs in 70 balls. He hit 10 fours in his innings. While Parvez Mahroof remained not out after scoring 33 runs in 16 balls. Whereas, Ajit Agarkar took the highest 2 wickets for India. Also, Jaiprakash Yadav and Virender Sehwag got 1-1 success.