It’s Like Wine: MS Dhoni on Getting Better With Age

MS Dhoni’s believes that he is like wine that tastes better with passage of time.

MS Dhoni plays a shot during the third ODI against West Indies at North Sound on Friday.

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There has been an element of inconsistency in MS Dhoni’s batting form but he believes that he is like wine that tastes better with passage of time.

His unbeaten 78 off 79 balls enabled India to post a winning score on a tough track in the third ODI against West Indies on Friday.

The former skipper was happy to get a chance to play an innings of quality as the top three has been scoring the bulk of the runs in recent times.

Asked how come he is getting better with age, pat came the reply: "It's like wine".

The satisfaction was writ large having scored runs on a difficult track.

Our top-order has been doing the bulk of the scoring in the last one-one and a half years, so it felt good to get an opportunity and score runs. I think it was the nature of the wicket (what made the knock special). There was variable bounce and at times the pace. It was important to have a partnership at that stage. In my mind, I had 250, and we got there, with Kedar batting with me at the end. It was something the bowlers could defend, but they had to bowl well.

MS Dhoni

He seemed pretty vocal while giving precious inputs to the spinners (Kuldeep and Ashwin) from behind the stumps as it was caught on the stump mic.

It’s important (to guide spinners). Kuldeep has played a lot of games in IPL but when it comes to international cricket, it’s important to know where to use your variety. Once he plays 5-10 games, he will realise it himself. The good thing is, compared to the last game, he bowled very well today.

MS Dhoni

(With inputs from PTI)

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