WATCH | Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Dean Jones and Brett Lee attempt MS Dhoni's 'helicopter shot'

Fans didn't get a chance to watch MS Dhoni's helicopter shot when India and Australia played the first T20I at his hometown Ranchi. ​However, it was Virender Sehwag, Brett Lee, Dean Jones and VVS Laxman who tried to emulate the famous shot.

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- Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) October 7, 2017

The helicopter shot is one of those shots which look very easy to play but when it comes to execution, one has to make careful calculations.

Although Dhoni has been credited with perfecting the nuances of the shot and making it popular, he wasn't the first cricketer to have tried it. Sir Vivian Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Abdul Razzaq have all played this shot before Dhoni even came into the foray of international cricket. However, Dhoni's version is unmatched in terms of the sheer fear it propagates in the opposition bowler.

In the first T20I between India and Australia, India comfortably beat Australia by nine wickets in a rain-curtailed opening T20 International on Saturday.