On Playing in his 300th ODI, the 36-year-old wicketkeeper claimed another ODI record.
Only the sixth Indian cricketer to achieve the feat, MS Dhoni on Thursday played his 300th one-day international. Playing against Sri Lanka, Dhoni played his 300th ODI, only the 20th player overall, and made it special in more than one reason. Before the start of the match, Dhoni had a chance to achieve two world record in the ODI against Sri Lanka.
The fourth ODI between India and Sri Lanka was a dead rubber as the visitors had already pocketed the series by winning the first three game. Dhoni, in his 299 ODIs, has accumulated 9608 runs with 65 fifties and 10 centuries. On Thursday, he had a chance to achieve a unique record of most not outs in ODI history.
He finished unbeaten on 49 in the fourth ODI as India finished on 375/5 on the back of centuries from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. In the end, the 36-year-old just fell short of becoming just the 13th player to score 100 international fifties. He has finished unbeaten in the 40s 11 times, only Michael Bevan (13) has more such scores.
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One of the best finishers the game has ever seen, Dhoni also holds the record for the best average (101.84) in successful ODI run chases. He is also the only batsman to have an average of over 100 in successful ODI chases among all players with at least 1000 runs.
Among players with at least 3,000 ODI runs, Dhoni is one of only five batsmen to have an average in excess of 50. Compatriot and current Indian captain Virat Kohli, South African duo of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers and Michael Bevan are the only others to have achieved that.
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In the history of ODIs, only 18 players have at least 50 not outs in their career. Apart from Dhoni, who now tops the charts, only Mohammad Azharuddin has managed to finish with more than 50 ODI not outs.
Dhoni is the only Indian player to feature in the top ten. South Africa, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand all have two players on this list while all-rounder Abdul Razzaq is the only Pakistan player in the top ten.
In his 42-ball innings, Dhoni unleashed some terrific shots and shared an unbeaten 101-run stand with Manish Pandey who scored an unbeaten fifty as well. India posted 375 runs for the loss of five wickets against Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international.
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