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    "excerpt": "Harare, June 8: Mahendra Singh Dhoni had a very different technique to wicketkeeping and batting but it was his hand-eye coordination and mental toughness that made him what he is, feels former Zimbab",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Harare, June 8: <\/strong>Mahendra Singh Dhoni had a very different technique to wicketkeeping and batting but it was his hand-eye coordination and mental toughness that made him what he is, feels former Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;...The first time I saw Dhoni, if I&#39;m to be honest...he had come with the India A side. I thought Karthik was more natural than Dhoni. And still in keeping, he is more natural...even in batting he is more natural,&quot; Taibu said on Fan Play-Sports Ruler &#39;Inside Out With Baggs&#39; on YouTube channel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Now, the way he (Dhoni) keeps his hands are not always together like you always have the little fingers together... when he catches his hands are always not like that...<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;But he always manages to catch the ball and whip the bails in a flash with a very different technique...very different and odd technique.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Same thing about his batting...different technique. But great hand-eye coordination. But I don&#39;t think it&#39;s only his hand-eye coordination but probably his mental toughness.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Normally if you don&#39;t look the part, so to speak, it&#39;s easy for coaches to just put you aside. But Dhoni backs that up with statistics,&quot; Taibu added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Stumper Taibu also said he had learnt a lot from Indian greats like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid among others about how to train.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 2020 IPL is supposed to see the return of Dhoni to cricketing action as the wicket-keeper is on a break since playing in the semi-final of the 2019 World Cup where India lost to New Zealand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>If this year&#39;s T20 World Cup -- slated to be held in October-November in Australia -- is postponed, it will open a window for the BCCI to host the IPL.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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