Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh
Dhoni is all set to play his 300th One Day International match on
Thursday as India will play its fourth ODI against Sri Lanka.
The pillar of strength for the Indian
cricket team, Dhoni is definitely aging like a fine wine. While there
had been a lot of discussions about whether he should play World Cup
2019 or not, we at Cricket Unplugged believe that India is not ready
to go without a player like Dhoni.
The 36-year-old cricketer has not only
contributed with bat but his records as a wicket keeper are also
phenomenal. Apart from Dhoni, legendary Indian players like - Sachin
Tendulkar (363), Rahul Dravid (344), Mohammad Azharuddin (334),
Sourav Ganguly (311) and Yuvraj Singh (302) – have also crossed the
mark of 300 ODI matches.
Let's have a look at glorious career of
Dhoni who has played 299 ODI matches so far:
1. Dhoni has already scored 9608 at an
average of 51.93. He has got 10 hundreds and 65 half-centuries
registered in his name. In the list of highest run scorers in India,
he is just behind Tendulkar (18426), Ganguly (11221) and Dravid
(10768).
2. His highest score is an unbeaten 183
against Sri Lanka at Jaipur on October 31, 2005.
3. He was dismissed for a golden duck
in his debut match against Bangladesh at Chittagong on December 23,
2004.
4. Dhoni has record 40 unbeaten innings
in successful ODI chases.
5. He shares the record for most
not-outs in ODIs with Chaminda Vaas and Shaun Pollock at 72.
6. Dhoni, who is known for his
monstrous sixes, is only the fifth batsman to hit more than 200 sixes
in ODIs.
7. He is the only batsman to have an
average of over 100 in successful ODI chases among all players with
at least 1000 runs. He now has 101.84.
8. He has the most runs (3738) in ODI
history when batting at number 6.
9. Behind the wickets, Dhoni has got 99
ODI stumpings recorded to his name, which is joint most with Kumar
Sangakkara. He has a chance to leave Sangakkara behind in the
upcoming matches.
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