Rajkot One day International : Personal Milestones for Indian captain MS Dhoni

Rajkot One day International : Personal Milestones for Indian captain MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni completed 5000 ODI runs when he was on 46 during his knock of 72 in this game. At the end of this game, he has an aggregate of 5026 runs. He became the fourth wicket keeper batsman after AC Gilchrist {9410}, KC Sangakkara {6857} and A Flower {5845} to aggregate 5000 plus runs in the history of one day games.

MS Dhoni became the eighth Indian batsman to aggregate 5000 plus runs in one day games. The others are SR Tendulkar {17247}, SC Ganguly {11363}, R Dravid {10765}, M Azharuddin {9378}, Yuvraj Singh {7226}, V Sehwag {6876}.

MS Dhoni of India/Asia effected 50th stumping when he stumped WU Tharanga of SK Raina. At the end of this game, MS Dhoni has 51 stumping dismissal to his credi. He became the fifth wicket keeper in the history of one day games to effect 50 or more stumpings. Others are – RS Kaluwitharana {75}, Moin Khan of Pakistan {73}, KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka/ICC/Asia {64}, AC Gilchrist of Australia/ICC {55}.

MS Dhoni’s second stumping – ST Jayasuriya of Harbhajan Singh – in this game gave him 200 dismissals behind the stumps {149 catches and 51 stumpings}. He is the first Indian wicket keeper to achieve this distinction. His 200 dismissals include three dismissals he effected while representing Asia Eleven.

MS Dhoni with his 200 dismissals became the ninth wicket keeper in the history of one day game to effect 200 plus dismissals. Others are AC Gilchrist {472}, MV Boucher {414}, KC Sangakkara {290}, Moin Khan {287}, IA Healy {233}, Rashid Latif {220}, RS Kaluwitharana {206} and PJ Dujon {204}

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