I clearly remember that it was a bright and sunny day on 5th April 2005, when Ranchi-lad Mahendra Singh Dhoni had announced his arrival with a Bang-Bang in the international cricket. The ace wicket-keeper batsman has smashed his first international century in the game against none other than arch-rival Pakistan in the 2nd ODI of the 6-match home series at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
Well, the exciting part of this story is that then Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly gamble gives birth to another megastar of Indian cricket. However, what prompted Dada 👀 to promote Mahi Bhai to No. 3, nobody knows that except the former maverick Indian captain Ganguly.
In the match, India won the toss and opted to bat first, but Team India has lost the wicket of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar in the 4th over of the innings, with the team's score at 26 was an early setback. However, everyone was expected to see Dada walking to the middle, but the sturdy frame of MS Dhoni emerged from the dressing room.
The younger Dhoni got excellent support from flamboyant Virender Sehwag and Team India's Mr Dependable Rahul Dravid in the middle to score runs for the team. Thanks to these two gentlemen, Dhoni was able to play freely as he smashed 15 fours and 4 sixes in his innings and managed to play a knock of 148 runs from 123 balls, by taking Men in Blue total to 356/9 in the 50 overs.
The match result was that India managed to defend the total as the side bundled out Pakistan for 298, where left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra scalped four wickets.
