On June 23, 2013, the Indian cricket team led by MS Dhoni pulled off a memorable fightback against England in the ICC Champions Trophy final to win the coveted tournament for the second time in its history. It was India’s first outright win as they were set to share the trophy with Sri Lanka in 2022. The victory was also memorable as it completed all of MS Dhoni’s three main ICC trophies in as captain. He remains the only international captain to have won the ICC T20 World Cup (2007), ICC World Cup (2011) and ICC Champions Trophy (2013).
It was also the last time India won an ICC tournament. So, Indian cricket fans once again celebrated the moment on social media on Thursday. #MSDhoni was trending on Twitter and fans recalled a great quote from the former India captain, which he said to Nasser Hussain during the post-final presentation ceremony.
Watch: MS Dhoni’s speech at the presentation ceremony after the Champions Trophy win
“It’s important to be positive. I said ‘let’s look for a good start. Something that’s very critical. Don’t think about the outcome and the first thing was don’t look up, God isn’t coming. save you. . You have to fight. You are the No.1 team and let’s play like this. If we lose, they will have to score the points, we won’t make it easy for them,” Dhoni said.
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Here are some of the tweets posted by fans
N Husain: What did you say to the boys when you only had 130 RUNs to defend?
MS Dhoni: First thing I said, don’t look up in the sky. God does not come to save us.#MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/l8W7kibKYj
– eessshh.????️ (@dhonibhakt_) June 23, 2022
Nasser Hussain: What did you say to your teammates when you only had 130 points to defend?
Dhoni: Don’t look in the sky, God is not coming to save us. Play like a #1 team.#WhistlePodu #MSDhoni @msdhoni ???? #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/8aBedlRuE7
— Subimal Das???????? (@iamsubimal) June 23, 2022
N Husain: What did you say to the boys when you only had 130 RUNs to defend?
MS Dhoni: First thing I said, don’t look up in the sky. God does not come to save#MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/kPEf7GDpUb
— Rishab Misra (@RishabMisra25) June 23, 2022
Nasser Hussain: What did you say to the boys when you only had 130 RUNs to defend?
MS Dhoni: The first thing I said, don’t look at the sky. God does not come to save us.#MSDhoni #OnThisDay #hitman
— Beyoung.in_official (@BeyoungFolks) June 23, 2022
N Husain: What did you say to the boys when you only had 130 RUNs to defend?
MS Dhoni: First thing I said, don’t look up in the sky. God does not come to save us.#MSDhoni #MSDhoni
— $uraj Kori (@theSurajkori) June 23, 2022
“God is not coming to save us, if you want to win the trophy we have to fight. We are the No. 1 ranked team. Let them fight for 130 races and don’t seek outside help.”
Captain alpha pro level of MS Dhoni defending only 130 in finals.#OnThisDay pic.twitter.com/wiavKHaEy0
—Alok Ranjan ???????? (@itsalokranjan) June 22, 2022
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