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MS Dhoni in his early days with long hair was known for playing powerful strokes with helicopter shots being the highlight of his career. Dhoni's ability to finish the games in death overs with his cool and calm approach has bought him a lot of fans around the world and his ability to strike the ball has been the one to be watched out for. Here in this article, we will see how to play helicopter shots like MS Dhoni.
Steps to play Helicopter Shot like MS Dhoni:
1. Feet Position:
Generally, if we observe MS Dhoni's back foot is slightly behind in the crease while the front foot is open faced which helps him to hit a big shot at the desired moment. The open face of the front foot facing the ball helps the batter to get a desired gap and play the helicopter shot. 
2. High Backlift:
High Backlift helps MS Dhoni to get the much-needed elevation for the Helicopter shot and it's also important that a lot of power gets generated with having a batting stance of high backlift.
3. Powerful Wrists:
To play Helicopter shots it's important to have powerful wrists as we twist our wrists a lot while attempting this shot, thus ensure you try this shot only if you have strong wrists
4. Bat Swing:
Bat Swing is a very important factor while attempting this shot as the result is directly proportional to the amount of power generated by the bat swing. While playing this shot, it's important that the batter completes the full arc (from the backlift) so that he gets the desired result.
5. Timing of Shot:
While executing this shot it's important that we time the shot properly as the pacers tend to bowl quicker at fuller length or yorker thus it's important we swing the bat when the ball reaches the desired position of pitch.
Check out how Aakash Chopra explains science behind MS Dhoni's Helicopter Shot Here.
