MCA to build a memorial of Dhoni's title winning six

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to immortalise MS Dhoni’s iconic world series winning six in 2011. It will create a memorial remembering the title winning six by the former India skipper, who led India to a World Series triumph with a huge six at the Wankhede Stadium. 

"We will install a memorial at the very place where the six had landed in the stands," MCA president Amol Kale told Cricbuzz after a meeting of its Apex Council in Mumbai on Monday. The meeting, incidentally, took place just a day after the 12th anniversary of the final (on April 2, 2011), against Sri Lanka.

"It would be a fitting tribute to MS Dhoni's match-winning innings and we hope it will inspire many youngsters to follow the footsteps of Captain Cool in cricket," MCA secretary Ajinkya Naik said.

Dhoni deposited Sri Lanka’s premium pacer Nuwan Kulasekara for a six in the Vithal Divecha Pavilion. It is difficult to identify exactly on which seat the ball had landed. We have identified three-four seats and we will install the memorial at that very spot," Kale further said.

Dhoni, the Chennai skipper will be in Mumbai for an Ind T20 League match against Mumbai on April 8 and during that time, the MCA will felicitate the World Series winnings captain. The memorial however will take time to get installed and once complete will be inaugurated by captain cool himself. 

The MCA call is hot on the heels of another similar decision of building a statue of legend Sachin Tendulkar at the Wankhede Stadium. 

Meanwhile, recalling the historic win on its 12th anniversary, the master blaster said, “The trophy doesn't just belong to the team it belongs to the nation; 2nd April, 2011, was the best cricketing moment of my life. It has been 12 years of that golden moment. To me that was the reason my journey started," Tendulkar said on Sunday.