Dhoni struggled for the better part of his innings on Saturday, but ended with a flourish to guide India to a competitive 289.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni divided Twitter with his batting performance on Saturday.
Coming into the fourth ODI between India and South Africa in Johannesburg, Dhoni might've felt slight pressure after his 22-ball 10 in the last game.
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The former Indian captain came in at a critical juncture, with India looking to accelerate after a slight lull in proceedings. Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli's brilliant partnership made a 300-plus total seem totally gettable, but the Proteas kept picking wickets in India's middle-order to keep themselves in the contest.
Dhoni came in to bat in the 37th over and started rather slowly, struggling to rotate the strike. The boundaries flew from his bat only in the last few overs.
By then, however, Twitter was divided over MSD's performance. While some credited Dhoni for holding fort when wickets were falling at the other end, others blamed him for putting pressure on his partners by failing to rotate strike.
Dhoni eventually remained unbeaten at 42 off 43 balls, smashing two boundaries in the last over of the innings. India set South Africa a target of 290 under cloudy skies in Johannesburg.
Here are some tweets on Mahi's performance
Earlier, opener Shikhar Dhawan's fireworks continued as he struck his 13th One Day International (ODI) century to help India reach 200 in the fourth of the six-match series against South Africa, before the game was halted due to bad weather at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday.
Opting to bat first, India lost opener Rohit Sharma on just 5, once again becoming the victim of Kagiso Rabada. However, India piled on the misery for injury-hit South Africa with the help of skipper Virat Kohli and Dhawan.
Kohli, who is otherwise enjoying a rich form in the series, lost his wicket for 75 runs as Chris Morris gave the hosts the major breakthrough. Dhawan continued his brilliant inning to hit his 13th hundred in his 100the ODI appearance.
The left-handed batsman achieved the feat off 99 balls. This was Dhawan's third consecutive half-plus score in the series.
The Virat Kohli-led side is leading the series 3-0 and with an aim to write a history here by winning the game and eventually the six-match series, as India have never won a series in South Africa.
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