It wasn’t only on the field that Dhoni could pull a fast one on the opponent. He’d done it with the Pakistani team before that very final. On the eve of the match, Dhoni had spoken at length about the importance of Sehwag to the Indian team whenever they were playing Pakistan, even mentioning his great record against them. Sehwag, it would be later revealed, was never in line to even play having pulled his hamstring a couple of days before the final. ‘Getting Viru to just face a few balls in the nets was Mahi’s googly. He said, “Why do we need to make it public or let the Pakistan team know
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