“Don’t ever dive on my cricket field again” - Dwayne Bravo reveals MS Dhoni’s words from IPL 2018

Dwayne Bravo, the most successful pacer for the Chennai Super Kings with 154 wickets across 10 seasons, has opened up on the then skipper MS Dhoni’s wise words when he tried to dive for a ball on the field in IPL 2018.

Speaking exclusively on the ‘Beard Before Wicket’ Podcast, Bravo strolled down memory lane to IPL 2018 when the Chennai Super Kings came back to the field after a two-year ban from the cash-rich league.

“Then in 2018, when we came back after the ban, I dived for a ball while fielding at long-on. Obviously, I’m older then, 34. He called me into the ring, and after the over, as he walked past, he said to me, ‘Don’t ever dive on my cricket field again. Your four overs are more important than saving four runs.’ When he said that, I was like, Wow,'” Bravo revealed on the ‘Beard Before Wicket’ podcast.

“After that, I started fielding in the circle. That’s the kind of thing he does. He knows what you’re good at, and he wants you for that reason. He doesn’t want you to try to do anything or be anybody else. This is what I want from you, this is your job, and I’m happy with this,” he added.

Furthermore, Bravo also recalled his first interaction with the former Indian skipper on the field and how the trust in his own skills and understanding helped him build an instant rapport with Dhoni, calling him ‘brother from a different mother’.

“In my first over, he asked me about my field. I told him what I wanted, and he was like, ‘Oh no, maybe…’ I said, ‘No, no, it’s okay, this is what I want.’ I think after that moment, he never told me anything about field placement again,” Bravo recalled.

“I felt that at that moment he trusted me, that this guy knows what he’s doing and knows what he’s about. From there on, we called each other brother from a different mother. He just allowed me to be me,” he concluded.

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