Diwali 2024 When Dhoni created a blast on Diwali, Team India played four memorable matches on this day

Cricket News Desk. The Indian cricket team gave Indian fans an opportunity to celebrate several times on Diwali. Be it Dhoni's blast in the Hero Cup or Sachin's heroics, the five matches played by Team India on Diwali are still remembered a lot…

Sri Lankans were blown away by Dhoni's blast

If Team India played the best match on Diwali, it was in 2005. At that time the Sri Lankan team was on India tour and the third ODI of the series was played in Jaipur on Diwali. The Indian team, which entered the field under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid, had to field first. Kumar Sangakkara scored a brilliant century for Sri Lanka. Sangakkara remained unbeaten on 138 runs while Jayawardene scored 71 runs. Due to which the Sri Lankan team made a huge score of 298 runs at the loss of four wickets. Indian team's openers Sehwag and Sachin, who were chasing such a big target, returned to the pavilion on 40 runs. After this, Dhoni, who came at number three, played an explosive inning of unbeaten 183 runs and gave India victory in just four overs. Dhoni gave the gift of victory to the Indian fans on Diwali by hitting 15 fours and 10 sixes in this innings.

When Amit Mishra took a explosive wicket, the fans went out of control.
In the year 2016, India faced New Zealand on Chhoti Diwali. This match was played in Visakhapatnam in which Indian spin bowler Amit Mishra spun such a spin that the spectators got a chance to spin the ball. Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, India won the toss and chose to bat first and scored 269 runs at the loss of six wickets. Now the Kiwi team had to score 270 runs to win the match, but the entire New Zealand team collapsed for just 79 runs. Indian spin bowler Amit Mishra played an important role in defeating the Kiwi team cheaply. Amit showed the way to the pavilion to 5 Kiwi batsmen by giving away 18 runs in six overs.

When the World Cup match was won on Diwali
When the excitement of the World Cup is in full swing, if India's match takes place on Diwali, then it cannot be a happier day for Indian cricket fans. When Team India gave the gift of victory to the Indians, the happiness doubled. The 15th match of the 1987 World Cup was played between India and Australia on Diwali. Batting first, the Indian team captained by Kapil Dev scored 289 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. This was an easy target for a team like Kangaroo but Azhar made it difficult. Mohammad Azharuddin is usually remembered for his batting and fielding, but in this match, Azhar sent three Australian batsmen to the pavilion with his magical bowling and India won the match by 56 runs.

Jadeja-Ashwin pair did wonders
In the year 2011, on Chhoti Diwali, Indian fans burst firecrackers to celebrate the victory of Team India. This match was played against England in Kolkata. At that time the command of the Indian team was in the hands of MS Dhoni. The English captain won the toss and invited India to bat first. Team India scored 271 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. In which Dhoni scored the maximum 75 runs. Now the British had to score 272 runs to win. But the Indian spin pair of Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin was so brilliant that the English batsmen were ready to lose. While Ashwin took three wickets, Jadeja dismissed four batsmen to bowl out the English team for 176 runs and India won the match by 95 runs.