MS Dhoni meets India cricketers at Edgbaston; Young players take tips from ‘Thala’

Dhoni,
the
former
Indian
captain,
first
met
India
wicketkeeper
Rishabh
Pant
in
the
stands
after
Men
in
Blue
defeated
England
by
49
runs
in
the
second
T20I.
India
also
clinched
the
T20I
series
2-0
at
Birmingham.

Dhoni
later
visited
the
Indian
dressing
room
and
met
Ishan
Kishan,
the
wicketkeeper
and
opener,
and
a
few
others
and
spent
some
time
talking
with
them.

Dhoni’s
last
competitive
outing
was
in
IPL
2022
for
the
Chennai
Super
Kings,
where
the
CSK
failed
to
enter
the
knockout
stages
only
for
the
second
time
in
their
existence.

Dhoni,
who
celebrated
his
41st
birthday
earlier
this
week,
has
not
announced
complete
retirement
from
the
game
and
is
expected
to
lead
CSK
in
IPL
2023.
Perhaps,
he
wants
a
swan
song
in
front
of
his
beloved
Chennai
crowd.

Indian
pace
attack
led
by
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar
and
Jasprit
Bumrah
feasted
on
English
bowlers
and
delivered
tight
bowling
performances
to
help
the
visitors
clinch
the
T20
series
after
bundling
out
England
for
121
runs
within
17
overs
in
the
second
T20I
here
at
Birmingham
on
Saturday.

England
had
an
extremely
disappointing
day
with
the
bat.
The
highly-attacking
batting
line-up
could
not
live
up
to
its
hype
again,
fizzling
out
in
front
of
Indian
pacers.

Indians
moved
on
from
their
slightly-off
batting
performance
in
the
first
half
to
bundle
out
hosts
for
121
and
capture
the
series.

Only
Moeen
Ali
and
David
Willey
could
put
up
some
decent
scores
next
to
their
names.
The
foundation
for
this
amazing
exhibition
of
bowling
was
laid
by
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar
in
the
powerplays.

Earlier,
England
pacers,
led
by
Richard
Gleeson
and
Chris
Jordan,
dominated
the
Indian
batters
in
the
second
T20I
here
at
Birmingham
as
Men
in
Blue
posted
a
competitive
170/8
in
their
20
overs,
with
efforts
from
captain
Rohit
Sharma
and
Ravindra
Jadeja
proving
extremely
valuable
for
the
visitors.