As Tim Southee, the captain of New Zealand cricketer, has mentioned former Indian captain and cricket legend MS Dhoni as his choice for swapping lives with for a day. The Kiwis’ player thinks that it would be great to go through life like Dhoni.
Southee has been one of New Zealand’s most productive bowlers ever. He is 35 years old and debuted internationally in 2008; up until now he has played 100 Test matches, 161 ODIs and 126 T20Is—taking 765 international wickets altogether so far.
The experienced New Zealand cricketer recently attended the CEAT cricket rating awards ceremony held in Mumbai city. He was posed an intriguing question at this particular occasion – if you could swap your life with any cricketer for one single day who would it be and why? The fast bowler associated claims: (as quoted by Times Now)
“MS Dhoni – just wanted to see how life will be as MS Dhoni.”
Question: If you could swap lives with any other cricketer for a day, who would it be & why? [CEAT Awards]
Tim Southee said "MS Dhoni – just wanted to see how life will be as MS Dhoni". pic.twitter.com/uUQBNM4Icn
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 22, 2024
One of the biggest superstars in Indian cricket, Dhoni is the only captain to have won all three ICC limited-overs trophies. For him, India won the T20 World Cup in 2007, the ODI World Cup in 2011 and finally the Champions Trophy in 2013. He has also captained Chennai Super Kings to a record-equalling five IPL titles.
“I don’t think there’s anyone better” – Tim Southee praises Jasprit Bumrah
Kiwi pacer Southee has truly praised his Indian counterpart Jasprit Bumrah for being an outstanding all-format bowler. He even went as far as saying that at present there seems to be no one better than Bumrah. For making an incredible comeback after a life-threatening injury, Southee lauded the pacer: (as reported by PTI)
“To be able to firstly bounce back from the major injury and come back, he’s even better than what he was beforehand. Throw in on top of that, having to juggle multiple formats, can be difficult at times as well.”
“We are just seeing a great version (of Bumrah) across all three formats. He’s brilliant across all three at the moment. I don’t think there’s anyone that he’s better in (better than him), he is tremendous across all three (formats),” the 35-year-old went on to add.
Tim Southee rates Jasprit Bumrah as the best fast bowler of the current generation. 🐐 pic.twitter.com/UUgLG7nFrO
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 22, 2024
Australia won its very first T20 World Cup ever held without defeat. Bumrah ended as the Player of the Tournament. He took 15 wickets in 8 matches with a stunning economy rate of 4.18 and average of 8.27.
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