It was a face-off of the gladiatorial kind. The world’s foremost death overs paceman against a feared finisher. It was Lasith Malinga versus Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the Adelaide Oval. India required four runs off the last ball. Malinga, his mane gleaming under the lights, steamed in. Dhoni settled into his stance. The crowd held its breath.
The Sri Lankan’s thunderbolt was full and outside off. Dhoni, with an acrobatic one-legged slash, fired the ball over cover. The Indian captain and last man Umesh Yadav ran three amid tension, suspense and hectic Sri Lankan fielding. The match ended in a nerve-jangling tie.
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