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Dhoni is back to his best

Coming into the IPL, Dhoni was the topic of a lot of debates and discussions: there were talks on how Dhoni no longer merited a place in the T20 international (and potentially even ODI) side, how his best days were past him, and how his star status was the only factor keeping him in the side.

However, in the space of just over a month, this legend of Indian cricket has been able to dispel all this talk. Having arguably his best IPL to date, Dhoni has scored 360 runs in 10 innings at an average of a whopping 90 and strike rate of 165.89.

Dhoni, who has been criticised heavily for his inability to get a move on in recent years, is playing like the Dhoni of old; he is smashing sixes and putting the opposition on ball one. With Dhoni's spot in the team for the 2019 World Cup virtually guaranteed, this unexpected renaissance of Mahendra Singh Dhoni can only mean good things for Indian cricket.