5 Dhoni moments from the India-New Zealand ODI series

#4 Lightning-quick gloves

Dhoni was as effective as ever behind the stumps

When it comes to stumpings, there are few parallels to Dhoni. The stumping technique religiously followed over the years by trained wickets keepers is to take the gloves back, allowing the ball to safely nestle into the gloves, and then hit the stumps. While this technique lessens the impact of the ball on the hands and also limits the chances of the ball popping out, this means a few extra milliseconds are lost in this back-lift of the hands - enough for the batsmen to regain their balance.

Dhoni by his unorthodox nature has devised a style of his own. Instead of the traditional technique of ‘collecting’ the ball, Dhoni ‘stops’ the ball just behind the wicket and whips off the bails in a flash at one go – saving precious few milliseconds.

Dhoni gave us a glimpse of his quick glove work during the third ODI at Mohali when he stumped both Ross Taylor and his Kiwi counterpart Luke Ronchi off Mishra’s bowling. On both occasions, when Mishra’s deliveries spun past the batsman’s edge, Dhoni was ready with his gloves right by the stumps, anticipating the opportunity.