Sydney: With the certain defeat staring in their faces, as Australia strangled India out of the World Cup, the flicker of hope still shined brightly and briefly as Indian skipper MS Dhoni tried to make a match of it. There were the quintessentially Dhoni shots down the ground. Four years ago, one such shot sealed the match for India on a warm Mumbai night.

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MS Dhoni. Pic/AFP