5 Incredible Records Of MS Dhoni In ODI Cricket

The greatest ever captain of India, MS Dhoni turns celebrates his 39th birthday today. A man who broke infinite batting and captaincy record in his illustrious career. When it comes to ODI cricket, MS Dhoni has scored over 10,000 runs at an average of over 50 in his 350 matches ODI career which is one of the many records he owns.

He also reached the pinnacle of ODI rankings of batsmen in the least innings in ODIs which is still a record. The World Cup-winning captain is today being celebrated by every Indian. His image of hitting the six to seal the world cup final at Wankhade is one of the most iconic moments in Indian cricket history.

We try to give MS Dhoni yet another tribute by looking at 5 of the most incredible records that he has held in the last 16 years in his ODI career:

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5. The first to score 10000 runs at an average of 50 

Dhoni may have started his ODI career with a duck but quickly changed his fortunes around. The charismatic batsman in 2018 became the first-ever batsman to achieve 10,000 ODI runs at an average of over 50.

ODI cricket of Dhoni’s format as he played numerous match-winning innings in 50 over cricket. The master finisher is also only the second wicket-keeper batsman after Kumar Sangakkara to reach the mountain of 10000 runs in ODIs. Overall in his ODI career, Dhoni in 350 matches scored 10,773 runs at a phenomenal batting average of 50.6.

4. MS Dhoni has recorded the most stumpings in ODI cricket

Dhoni was always in the match even if he hadn’t scored runs with the bat he would ultimately win matches from behind the wickets. Over the years we have seen him execute some of the most outrageous stumpings one could ever imagine.

No batsman left his crease in advance when they saw the lightning-fast Dhoni with the keeping gloves. The former India skipper holds the record of executing the most stumpings in ODI cricket. He stumped batsman 123 times and took 321 matches. When it comes to the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in ODIs, he is only behind Adam Gilchrist and Sangakkara.

3. The only Asian captain to win to the man of the match in the World Cup final

We often talk about big match players in cricket who raise their game when the team needed them the most. MS Dhoni was that one batsman on whom the team banked on during high-pressure matches. The World Cup final it just doesn’t get any bigger than that. At the Wankhade Stadium in 2011, the Indian captain produced magical innings of 91* that helped India won the world cup after 28 years.

MS Dhoni for his match-winning innings was awarded the man of the match award thus became the only Asian captain to do so in a world cup final. Overall Dhoni, Ricky Ponting and Clive Llyod are the only 3 captains to achieve this incredible and rare feat.

2. Highest Individual score for a wicket-keeper in ODIs

In 2005, MS Dhoni played all-time great innings of 183* chasing a mammoth total against Sri Lanka at Jaipur. This is still a record for the highest individual score by any wicket-keeper in ODIs.

Just one year after making his international debut, Dhoni came out to bat at number 3. He smashed every Sri Lankan bowler to all parts of the ground and struck 15 boundaries and 10 maximums in his 145 ball knock.

1. Most wins by an Indian captain in ODI cricket

The list has to end with a captaincy record of the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He became India’s skipper in 2008 and captained the side for eight years. Dhoni in his tenure as ODI skipper became arguably the greatest limited-overs skipper the world has ever seen.

His numbers as an ODI skipper is simply mindboggling as he won 110 matches out of 200 in which he captained the Men in Blue. This is a record for any Indian captain with Mohammad Azharuddin and Sourav Ganguly coming in at 2 and 3 with 90 and 76 wins respectively.

MS Dhoni has a winning percentage of 59.52 which makes him a transcendent leader. Ricky Ponting is the only captain that has more wins as ODI skipper than Dhoni with 165 victories to his name.