Mahendra Singh Dhoni: The Crowned Head Of ODI Internationals

Published 08/31/2017, 1:47 PM EDT

The Big Dog of Indian Cricket Team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has already tagged himself as one of the greatest one day players of this era. That tag of his has become much bigger with his fourth ODI stint against Sri Lanka in Colombo today as it would be the completion of his landmark 300 One-Day Internationals.

Starting from his impeccable captainship to his unorthodox brain work, he carried the connotation of Best Captain for our nation along with the two World Cup titles, the World T20 in 2007 and the 50-overs World Cup in 2011. Post his retirement from captainship he has been a pivot for Indian cricket team whether being a guide to the current skipper Virat Kohli or being the senior most cap holder to Indian dugout. All in a slot it is evident considering today’s game to all that he has become only the sixth Indian player to feature in 300 ODIs and the 20th player overall in world cricket.

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One of the fittest members of the squad, Dhoni recently silenced all his critics with two good knocks (45 not out and 67 not out) in tight run chases against Sri Lanka and also settled the debate about him going on to play till the 2019 World Cup.

Dhoni boasts an impressive record for India in ODIs, with 9,434 runs at an average of 51, with most of them coming under pressure in tight run chases, including his amazing 91 not out in the 2011 World Cup final against Sri Lanka which has been etched in the memory of Indian fans forever.

Not surprisingly, the King of Run Chases averages an astonishing 101 in 95 matches in successful run chases! Surely that record would do some talking on his behalf. Dhoni is one rare player who is never affected by the extra burden of captaincy, with a much better average as skipper than when playing as a pure batsman.

Dhoni’s record in One-Day Internationals

India	296	9,434	183*	51.55	87.99	9	65
Asia XI	3	174	139*	87.00	125.17	1	0
ODI career	299	9,608	183*	51.93	88.47	10	65

Dhoni: Year by Year

2004	3	19	12	9.50	135.71	0	0
2005	27	895	183*	49.72	103.11	2	3
2006	29	821	96	41.05	92.97	0	7
2007	37	1,103	139*	44.12	89.60	1	7
2008	29	1,097	109*	57.73	82.29	1	8
2009	29	1,198	124	70.47	85.57	2	9
2010	18	600	101*	46.15	78.94	1	3
2011	24	764	91*	58.76	89.88	0	6
2012	16	524	113*	65.50	87.62	1	3
2013	26	753	139*	62.75	96.04	1	5
2014	12	418	79*	52.25	92.07	0	5
2015	20	640	92*	45.71	86.83	0	4
2016	13	278	80	27.80	80.11	0	1
2017	16	498	134	83.00	82.86	1	4

Dhoni: Against each opponent

Sri Lanka	61	2,261	183*	64.60	90.07	2	18
England	44	1,425	134	45.96	88.95	1	10
Australia	43	1,255	139*	41.83	81.22	2	6
Pakistan	33	1,230	148	55.90	90.50	2	9
West Indies	33	899	95	59.93	90.26	0	7
New Zealand	21	773	84*	51.53	81.45	0	6
South Africa	30	727	92*	31.60	88.76	0	4
Bangladesh	18	465	101*	51.66	85.32	1	2
Zimbabwe	6	208	85*	208.00	112.43	0	3
Africa XI	3	174	139*	87.00	125.17	1	0
Hong Kong	1	109	109*	–	113.54	1	0
Ireland	2	34	34	34.00	68.00	0	0
Bermuda	1	29	29	29.00	116.00	0	0
The Netherlands	1	19	19*	–	47.50	0	0
Scotland	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
UAE	1	–	–	–	–	–	–

Dhoni: Batting first and second

Batting 1st	134	5,323	148	53.23	95.12	8	35
Batting 2nd	160	4,285	183*	50.41	81.40	2	30
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Successful chases	95	2,546	183*	101.84	89.42	2	17

Dhoni’s Scoring Pattern

Ones	36.6 %
Twos	5.9 %
Threes	0.5 %
Fours	6.8 %
Sixes	1.9 %

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Dhoni’s Record as a Captain/Player

As a player	100	2,975	183*	47.98	93.73	4	18
As a captain	199	6,633	139*	53.92	86.29	6	47

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Dhoni, Under Various Captains

Sourav Ganguly	12	418	148	46.44	107.45	1	2
Rahul Dravid	65	1,719	183*	40.92	91.97	1	11
Virender Sehwag	4	166	96	55.33	94.31	0	1
Mahela Jayawardene #	3	174	139*	87.00	125.17	1	0
M S Dhoni	199	6,633	139*	53.92	86.29	6	47
Virat Kohli	16	498	134	83.00	82.86	1	4

(# for Asia XI)Dhoni’s favorite bowlers

James Faulkner (Australia)	108	152	1	152.00	140.74
Shane Watson (Australia)	115	135	1	135.00	117.39
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)	317	268	2	134.00	84.54
Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka)	121	127	1	127.00	104.95
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)	107	119	1	119.00	111.21
Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)	124	117	0		94.35
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)	250	207	2	103.50	82.80
Graeme Swann (England)	135	101	1	101.00	74.81
Thilan Thusara (Sri Lanka)	109	101	1	101.00	92.66
Johan Botha (South Africa)	101	99	1	99.00	98.01
Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka)	105	97	1	97.00	92.38
Stuart Broad (England)	102	92	1	92.00	90.19
Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)	92	87	1	87.00	94.56
Tim Southee (New Zealand)	85	85	1	85.00	100.00
Samit Patel (England)	78	83	1	83.00	106.41
Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan)	135	81	0		60.00
Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)	111	79	1	79.00	71.17
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)	69	78	1	78.00	113.04
Jason Holder (West Indies)	66	75	0		113.63
Nathan Hauritz (Australia)	110	75	0		68.18
Xavier Doherty (Australia)	109	69	1	69.00	63.30
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)	190	204	3	68.00	107.36

Dhoni’s nemesis

Brett Lee (Australia)	91	71	5	14.20	78.02
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)	101	94	4	23.50	93.06
Dilhara Fernando (Sri Lanka)	119	102	4	25.50	85.71
Tim Bresnan (England)	96	111	4	27.75	115.62
James Anderson (England)	115	112	4	28.00	97.39
Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka)	120	115	4	28.75	95.83

Dhoni’s captaincy records in ODIs

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55.28

Dhoni’s Wicketkeeping

299

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Belonging to the cohort of cricket fanatics, Ranojoy Middya is an assiduous cricketer who aspires to live life in purview of the cricketing world; penning his line of thinking at present and living up to it in the near future.