MS Dhoni on threshold of a record for scoring most sixes as captain in one day games
MS Dhoni’s lone six in the one day game against New Zealand at Dharamsala on 16.10.16 gave him an aggregate of 122 boundary sixes as captain in one day games. He needs one more boundary six to equal the present record fo most sixes as captain of 123 boundary sixes which stands in the name of RT Ponting.
MS Dhoni needs two more boundary sixes to own the record for most boundary sixes by a captain in one day games
MS Dhoni is one of the four captains in the history of one day games who have scored 100 plus boundary sixes – RT Ponting {123}, MS Dhoni {122}, SC Ganguly {115} and AB de Villiers {111}. MS Dhoni and SC Ganguly are the two Indian captains who have accomplished the feat
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | RT Ponting | Aus | 230 | 220 | 22 | 8497 | 164 | 42.91 | 22 | 51 | 9 | 794 | 123 |
| 2 | MS Dhoni | Ind | 195 | 167 | 48 | 6462 | 139* | 54.30 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 486 | 122 |
| 3 | SC Ganguly | Ind | 147 | 143 | 11 | 5104 | 144 | 38.66 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 494 | 115 |
| 4 | AB de Villiers | RSA | 87 | 82 | 18 | 4219 | 162* | 65.92 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 341 | 111 |