MS Dhoni is one of very few genuine massive high-pressure players, Yuvraj Singh isn’t, says Paddy Upton

However, in the final of the showpiece event, he took an unusual decision by promoting himself ahead of Yuvraj Singh. The move worked very well for India as Dhoni scored 91 runs and helped them win the title. India’s mental conditioning coach for the World Cup, Paddy Upton believes that it was the right decision and said that Dhoni is one of the genuine massive high-pressure players while Yuvraj isn’t. 

"…He (MS Dhoni) would do what he is the best in the world at – which is seeing a team home in a chase in the second innings in a white-ball game. He had delivered nothing in the eight games before the final. Yuvraj had done his bit, he had played his tournament. He was done, he was spent. That moment was set up for someone like Dhoni. There are very few players in the world who are genuine “massive high-pressure” players. Yuvraj Singh is not one of those, Dhoni is," Upton wrote in his column for the Indian Express.

"The moment ‘t just a testimony to his leadership and courage, it spoke a lot about his relationship with Gary. Mind you, Gary didn’t have to stand up and have a conversation with Dhoni to discuss the merits and demerits of the move. It was just the two leaders of the team being on the same page. The knock on the glass, him pointing to himself, Gary’s nod… and it was done,” he wrote.