On 23 June 2013, the Indian cricket team led by MS Dhoni completed a memorable fight against England in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy to win the coveted tournament for the second time in its history. This was India’s first outright win as it shared the trophy with Sri Lanka in 2022. The win was also memorable as it completed the set of all three of MS Dhoni’s major ICC trophies as captain. He remains the only international captain to have won the ICC T20 World Cup (2007), the ICC World Cup (2011) and the ICC Champions Trophy (2013).
It was also the last time India won an ICC tournament. So, Indian cricket fans celebrated that moment again on social media on Thursday. #MSDhoni was trending on Twitter and fans remembered a great quote from the former India captain, which he said to Nasser Hussain during the presentation ceremony after the final.
Watch: MS Dhoni Speech At The Presentation Ceremony After Winning The Champions Trophy
“It’s important to be positive. I said ‘let’s find a good start. Something that is very critical. Don’t think about the result and the most important thing was: don’t look up, God isn’t coming to save you’ “You have to fight it out . You are the number 1 team and let’s play like this. If we lose, they will have to score the points, we will not make it easy for them,” Dhoni had said.
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Here are some of the tweets posted by fans
N Husain: What did you tell the boy when you only had 130 RUNs to defend?
MS Dhoni: First things I said, don’t look in the sky. God is not coming to save us.#MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/l8W7kibKYj
— eessshh.????️ (@dhonibhakt_) June 23, 2022
Nasser Hussain: What did you say to the teammates when you only had 130 runs to defend?
Dhoni: Don’t look into the sky, God isn’t coming to save us. Play as a No. 1 team.#WhistlePodu #MSDhoni @msdhoni † #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/8aBedlRuE7
– Subimal Das ???????? (@iamsubimal) June 23, 2022
N Husain: What did you tell the boy when you only had 130 RUNs to defend?
MS Dhoni: First things I said, don’t look 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 tell the boys when you only had 130 RUNs to defend?
MS Dhoni: First thing I said, don’t look in the sky. God is not coming to save us.#MSDhoni #On this day #hitman
— Beyoung.in_official (@BeyoungFolks) June 23, 2022
N Husain: What did you tell the boy when you only had 130 RUNs to defend?
MS Dhoni: First things I said, don’t look in the sky. God is not coming 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 it out. We are the number 1 ranked side. Let’s make sure they fight for 130 runs and don’t seek outside help.”
MS Dhoni captain level alpha pro defended just 130 in the final.#On this day pic.twitter.com/wiavKHaEy0
— Alok Ranjan ???????? (@itsalokranjan) June 22, 2022
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