New Delhi: India has finally found the finisher who can fill in Mahendra Singh Dhoni's big shoes. His name is Kedar Jadhav.
The 32-year-old from Pune on Saturday light up the Bangalore sky with some fine hitting and helped Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB) post a fighting total of 157/8 against an inspired Delhi Daredevils side.
But his knock today probably earned him comparisons with legendary Dhoni. He played Dhoni's famous 'helicopter shot', and almost killed spectators with his sixes.
First, the video of him 'helicopter shot':
Now, watch these SHOTS, courtesy IPL:
In one Amit Mishra over, he hit the spinner for two sixes and two fours. The first six in the over landed in the second tier over long-on, and commentators prayed that no one's hurt.
The right-handed batsman went on to make 69 off 37 balls, with the help of five fours and five sixes on a day which saw the likes of Chris Gayle and Shane Watson failed.
Yes, the hosts were also without skipper Virat Kohli and mercurial AB de Villiers too.
And strangely, the knock came on a day when Dhoni himself had failed to fire. In the day's first match at Indore, Rising Pune Supergiant were humbled by Kings XI Punjab. Dhoni made only five runs in the match.
