Muttiah Muralitharan said that MS Dhoni may have learnt to read his doosra when they played together for CSK

There have been many hypotheses on what driven MS Dhoni choosing to advance himself ahead of the in-form Yuvraj Singh within the 2011 World Cup last against Sri Lanka. The choice turned out to be one of the foremost vital perspectives of India’s win within the last, with Dhoni hitting the winning runs and finishing the match unbeaten on 91 and Sri Lankan turns extraordinary Muttiah Muralitharan said that he considers his doosra may have been the reason why the then-Indian captain advanced himself ahead of Yuvraj.

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Muralitharan said that Dhoni had learned how to read his doosra when the pair shared a dressing room while playing for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). “I would say Dhoni read it towards the end when I was bowling to him in Chennai. I remember in the World Cup, Yuvraj didn’t have a clue about me. He was supposed to come but I think because of me Dhoni came (ahead of Yuvraj),” Muralitharan said on ESPNCricinfo.

Muralitharan, who resigned from ODI cricket after the 2011 World Cup, said that there were exceptionally few Indian players who may examine his doosra. He remains the all-time most noteworthy wicket-taker in ODIs and Tests with 534 and 800 wickets individually.

“Sachin (Tendulkar) certainly studied it. I thought Rahul (Dravid) didn’t peruse it that well. (VVS) Laxman studied it as well as (Gautam Gambir) Gambhir. (Virender) Sehwag I do not know in the event that he studied it all the time.

“When I bowled the doosra, I didn’t use the seam. So with the seam, you can’t see it, you will have to see it from my wrist. Among the Sri Lankan players, (Kumar) Sangakkara, Mahela (Jayawardene), Aravind de Silva, Marvan Atapattu read it. (Tilakaratne) Dilshan never had a clue,” he said.

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