ICC World T20: MS Dhoni's last-ball sprint sets social media on fire

From being hailed as the coolest finisher to have been faster than Usain Bolt, a look at some memes constantly shared on social media

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s heroic sprint and run out in the last ball to dismiss Mustafizur Rahman and — most importantly — win the nail-biter against Bangladesh to stay alive in the tournament can be easily termed as one of the best finishes in the Indian captain’s career. India managed to win the contest by 1 run at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.  

Twitterati hailed the skipper’s move to take off one glove in anticipation of run-out, along with the sprint towards the stump. Some even termed it to be faster than Usain Bolt — the Jamaican sprinter considered to be the fastest man on the planet. The result led to a string of memes on social media which hailed the captain and took a dig at the early celebrations by Bangladesh players. 

 

Business Standard takes a look at some of these gems that were being constantly shared on social media.

Last night India completed the biggest Airlift operation of bringing back millions of Bangladeshi fans from Moon back to the Earth.#IndvsBan

— linus kyte (@linus_kyte) March 24, 2016

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And then comes Dhoni.. #IndvsBan

 

— Robin (@_Username07) March 24, 2016

Calmness among chaos #Dhoni #IndvsBan pic.twitter.com/Ytnf8AghMf

— Ankur Sharma (@asharmaiisc) March 23, 2016

Dheivangal elaaam thotre pogum @msdhoni thiramayin munne! #IndvsBan pic.twitter.com/nRriDK734d

— VJ Abishek (@cinemapayyan) March 24, 2016

#IndvsBan @msdhoni Your Leading from FRONT attitude & Standing by everyone in Team is Awesome Congrats @CKakrania pic.twitter.com/H2dhggHiGw

— Manish kakrania (@helpiin) March 24, 2016

Two things to learn from #IndvsBan pic.twitter.com/x5ueGMA2mr

— Happy Holi? (@upadhayay03) March 24, 2016

Only msd can do this...Hugh respect #Dhoni #IndvsBan pic.twitter.com/fWiUgm2HsK

— piyush gupta (@piyush237402) March 23, 2016

???????? #IndvsBan #msdhoni he was so confident,Nvr evr looked bck or had a moment of doubt,this is Wht heroes are all abt pic.twitter.com/2HWbKNHbpU

— Sim (@zain_e_dil) March 24, 2016

This one perfect!!! ROFL!! #IndvsBan pic.twitter.com/V2jzUQu41p

— Shri Pravish (@pravish92) March 24, 2016

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Waiting for Bangladeshi media to blame Dhoni for always finishing with a big shot and tempting their batsmen to do the same #IndvsBan

— The UnReal Times (@TheUnRealTimes) March 23, 2016

 

Hell yeah! B|

Posted by Troll Bollywood on Wednesday, 23 March 2016

 

#IndvsBanChill chill. Bangladesh batsmen may hit a 1. They may hit a 4. They may even hit a 6. But they won't hit 146.(Can always delete the post if I am wrong)

Posted by Ramesh Srivats on Wednesday, 23 March 2016