PHOTO: Hit on the eye by bail, MS Dhoni keeps wickets with “blurred vision and pain”

Many wondered if Dhoni would be able to keep wickets and either KL Rahul or Kedar Jadhav would don the big gloves.

It is very rare that MS Dhoni displays pain on field. Severest of blows and the Indian skipper has stood tall and performed his task. On Wednesday, Dhoni got hit in the eye with a bail when he got out bowled looked in discomfort as he made the long walk back to the pavilion. Also Read: Twitterati blast MS Dhoni for another failure with bat

Many wondered if Dhoni would be able to keep wickets and either KL Rahul or Kedar Jadhav would don the big gloves. However, Dhoni being Dhoni, he decided to marshal his troops and kept wickets. India managed a narrow win by three runs and in turn won the series 2-1, however after the game, Dhoni posted a picture from his Instagram account and wrote, “That’s what happens when u get hit by bails, lucky only had to keep wkts with blurred vision and pain.”

That’s what happens when u get hit by bails,lucky only had to keep wkts with blurred vision and pain

A photo posted by @mahi7781 on Jun 22, 2016 at 11:29am PDT

Dhoni also equalled Ricky Ponting‘s feat of captaining most international games. He may not have been successful with the bat but won both, the ODI and T20I series in Zimbabwe. Also Read: MS Dhoni equals Ricky Ponting’s tally of most international matches as captain