Dhoni misses 3rd ODI against NZ due to hamstring strain

The last time Dhoni missed a one-dayer due to injury was six years ago during a 2013 tri-series in the West Indies.

Published : Jan 28, 2019 17:46 IST , Mount Maunganui

At 37, Dhoni has been one of the fittest Indian cricketers and has overall missed only five ODIs in the last 14 years.
At 37, Dhoni has been one of the fittest Indian cricketers and has overall missed only five ODIs in the last 14 years.
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At 37, Dhoni has been one of the fittest Indian cricketers and has overall missed only five ODIs in the last 14 years.

Former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was forced to skip the third ODI against New Zealand due to a hamstring strain, only the third such instance in his illustrious limited-overs career.

The last time Dhoni missed a one-dayer due to injury was six years ago during a 2013 tri-series in the West Indies.

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At 37, Dhoni has been one of the fittest Indian cricketers and has overall missed only five ODIs in the last 14 years.

Troubled by his hamstring, Dhoni had missed three matches in 2013 and also skipped one match each against Ireland and South Africa in 2007 due to viral fever.

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The 37-year-old had won the man of the series award in the recent three-match ODI series against Australia, his first in almost eight years for scoring three half-centuries — 51, 55 not out and 87 not out.

He continued in the same vein in the ongoing series against New Zealand, scoring an unbeaten 33-ball 48 to take India to 324-4 in the second ODI here.

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