The effort Dhoni puts into his shots is more apparent when Rohit Sharma bats with him. Sharma slinks around the crease while Dhoni gets his feet out of the way. Sharma skips down the wicket, and Dhoni charges. And good lord, their cover drives. Dhoni hurls himself into that shot so hard that he leaves his skin behind.
[...] Rahul Bhatia puts forth much more eloquently on Dhoni’s drives: Dhoni hurls himself into that shot so [...]