India vs Austalia: Dhoni deserves a movie every 20 years- Twitter celebrates another vintage MSD knock

 All-rounder Hardik Pandya's blistering 83 complemented by a responsible 79 from Chennai's resident 'Super King' Mahendra Singh Dhoni saw India score a respectable 281 for 7 against Australia in the first One Day International, in Chennai on Sunday. 

Pandya and Dhoni scripted a brilliant recovery act after India's top-half was blown away for only 87 runs -- courtesy some controlled swing bowling from Nathan Coulter-Nile (3/44) and Marcus Stoinis (2/54). The duo added 118 runs for the sixth wicket with Pandya taking the attack back to opposition with some brilliant sixes while Dhoni once again played the role of sheet anchor to perfection.

Pandya's 66-ball innings had five boundaries and five sixes -- four of which were hit off leg-spinner Adam Zampa's over. Dhoni on his part hit four boundaries and two sixes -- both coming down the track and lofting over extra cover off pace bowling. The former skipper played 88 balls. The two sixes were the kind of shots that one doesn't associate with Dhoni -- maximums over extra cover. Dhoni also added 72 runs for the seventh wicket with Bhuvneshwar Kumar (32 off 30 balls) in only 8.5 overs which took India beyond 280 plus total -- something that looked unlikely at the halfway stage.

 Ouch! 

MSK Prasad
..are you watching?

— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) September 17, 2017

Copy that!  

Dhoni deserves a movie every 20 years, make one for every generation.

— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) September 17, 2017

The ultimate bro-mance 

What a relationship between a man and an adopted city. MS Dhoni and Chennai.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 17, 2017

Maybe joining CSK again?   

Is it possible for Dhoni to give any more reasons for Chennai to love him so much?#INDvAUS

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) September 17, 2017

Such an apt record 

MS Dhoni now scored 401 runs at Chennai which is most by any player on this ground in ODI Cricket..

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) September 17, 2017

Dhoni haters slayed  

#INDvAUS Dhoni haters today pic.twitter.com/cQiBsS8KG5

— चरित्रवान (@Charitra_Heen) September 17, 2017

 We are all living the dream! 

Will proudly tell my kids(if m fertile enough) that I lived during the Dhoni era ! #MyCaptainAlways #INDVAUS

— Bhuvan Bam (@Bhuvan_Bam) September 17, 2017

Haters are searching for bunkers now!  

Let's Have 2 Minutes Of Silence For MS Dhoni Haters.#INDvAUS #INDvsAUS #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/2eBMKQhke9

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) September 17, 2017

Legends!  

Look at this list. 100+ half centuries

Sachin: 164
Dravid: 146
Ganguly:107#Dhoni 100*

PS: 4th guy also has 100 stumpings

— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) September 17, 2017

Dhoni and Chennai should be #RelationshipGoals

— Aditi Mathur Kumar (@adicrazy) September 17, 2017

Dhoni fans to Dhoni haters rn pic.twitter.com/CCk7TzAlfF

— dogu (@HusnKaHathiyar) September 17, 2017

Poetry 

MS Dhoni reads an ODI innings rather well, but then he wrote it.#IndvsAus

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) September 17, 2017

 For knowledgeable Chennai crowd, Pandey was a side show. 

Out of sheer habit perhaps, the Chennai crowd is cheering 'Dhoni, Dhoni' even as Pandya is belting out the big sixes #INDvAUS

— Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun) September 17, 2017

EPS who?  

MS Dhoni has a rather good chance of becoming Tamil Nadu chief minister soon.

— Thejaswi Udupa (@udupendra) September 17, 2017

Still in trance  

Dhoni blinks. Chennai cheers. #IndvAus

— Shirin Sadikot (@ShirinSadikot) September 17, 2017

It was MS Dhoni, who mattered finally for Chennai 

1st Wkt : Silence
2nd Wkt : Silence
3rd Wkt : Silence
4th Wkt : Silence
5th Wkt : Dhooooonii
Thalaaaa
And the crowd goes crazy! #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/1QsOkWnJwh

— MS Dhoni Fans #Dhoni (@msdfansofficial) September 17, 2017

With agency inputs