- Special respect to Dhoni
- The honor comes 12 years after winning the World Cup
Mumbai Cricket Association gave special honor to the World Cup winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Mumbai Cricket Association has taken a novel initiative to commemorate the 2011 World Cup victory. The governing body of Mumbai Cricket has decided to reserve five seats of the 33,000-capacity Wankhede Stadium.
Dhoni himself inaugurated these seats. These five seats are absolutely special. A few days ago, these five seats were chosen by Mumbai cricket officials. In 2011, the Indian team became the world champion after defeating Sri Lanka in the final. Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit a six on the last ball of the match to win Team India. The ball flew into the gallery on that shot. Mumbai's cricket officials identified this particular section of the gallery after watching the video of that match.
Five seats in the section where the ball landed were named after Dhoni. The former Indian captain was invited by the Mumbai cricket authorities to inaugurate the newly arranged seats. Responding to their call, Dhoni inaugurated his nominated seats on Friday.
Wankhede Stadium already has Poli Umigarh, a gate named after Vijay Makar. Vijay Merchant In the name of Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. This time MS Dhoni's name was also added to that list.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings will play against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Dhoni said he was happy to receive this honour. Even after 12 years, the night of winning the World Cup has not been forgotten. Mahi played an innings of 91 runs in a difficult situation especially in the final. He put Yuvraj in charge of Muralitharan and went to bat himself.
