MS Dhoni’s 89 against Bangladesh at Mirpur was his tenth fifty as captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman. He emulated A Flower of Zimbabwe who has also scored ten fifties as wicket keeper cum captain.

As on date MS Dhoni and A Flower are the only two captains-cum-wicket keeper batsmen in the annals of test cricket to register ten fifties. The performance of these two batsmen are listed below

MS Dhoni of India
No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	92	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
2	68*	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
3	56	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
4	55	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
5	53	v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
6	52	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
7	56*	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
8	110	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
9	100*	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
10	89	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	24 Jan 2010
A Flower of Zimbabwe
No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	63	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Dec 1993
2	156	v Pakistan	Harare	31 Jan 1995
3	63	v South Africa	Harare	13 Oct 1995
4	58*	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Jan 1996
5	86	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
6	74	v Sri Lanka	Harare	26 Nov 1999
7	129	v Sri Lanka	Harare	26 Nov 1999
8	70*	v Sri Lanka	Harare	04 Dec 1999
9	113*	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000
10	66	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000

MS Dhoni’s 89 against Bangladesh at Mirpur was his eighth half century as captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman. He now holds the record for most half centuries by a captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman in the annals of test cricket. This record was previously credited to A Flower of Zimbambwe who had registered seven half centuries as captain-cum-wicket keeper