Approaching milestones ahead of England and India one day series
MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 9967 runs prior to the start of the series. He requires 33 more runs for his 10000 runs. If he gets them, he would then become the twelfth batsman in the history of one day games to total 10000 runs. He would also become the fourth Indian batsman to reach the land mark after SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly and R Dravid.
MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 9967 runs prior to the start of the series. He requires 33 more runs for his 10000 runs. If he gets them, he would then become the second wicket keeper batsman in the history of one day games to total 10000 runs. KC Sangakkara is the other wicket keeper batsman to have reached the landmark
MS Dhoni has pouched 297 catches in one day games prior to the start of the series. He needs three more catches which would fetch him 300 catches. He would then become the fourth wicket keeper to pouch 300 catches in the annals of one day games. Others are – AC Gilchrist {417}, MV Boucher {402} and KC Sangakkara {383}
V Kohli becomes the ninth Indian captain to lead India against England in England when he captains India in the first one day game at Nottingham on 12 Jul 18. Others are – MS Dhoni, M Azharuddin, SC Ganguly, R Dravid, AL Wadekar, SM Gavaskar, N Kapil Dev and S Venkataraghavan
EJG Morgan becomes the seventeenth captain to lead England against India at home when he captains England in the first one day game at Nottingham on 12 Jul 18.
Thus the one day series will witness India led by a new captain against England in England and England led by a new captain against India at home.
MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 1425 runs against England prior to the start of the series. He needs 75 more runs for his 1500 runs. If he gets them, he would then become the second Indian batsman to score 1500 runs against England. Yuvraj Singh is the other batsman to score 1500 runs – 1523 to be exact.
MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 1425 runs against England prior to the start of the series. He needs 99 more runs which would fetch him 1524 runs. If he gets them, he would own the record for most runs by an Indian batsman against England going past Yuvraj Singh’s 1523 then become the second Indian batsman to score 1500 plus runs.
V Kohli has an aggregate of 921 runs against England. He needs 79 more runs for his 1000 runs. If he gets it, he would then become the seventh Indian batsman to score 1000 plus runs against England. Others are – Yuvraj Singh, SR Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, SK Raina, R Dravid and V Sehwag
MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 1425 runs against England prior to the start of the series. He needs 75 more runs for his 1500 runs. If he gets them, he would then become the sixth batsman to score 1500 runs against England. Others are – KC Sangakkara {1625}, IVA Richards {1619}, RT Ponting {1598}, DPMD Jayawardene {1562} and Yuvraj Singh {1523}.
MS Dhoni has scored 11 fifties against England prior to the start of the series. If he gets one more fifty, he would get is 12th fifty. He would then jointly hold the record for most fifties by an Indian batsman against England with SK Raina and SR Tendulkar who has scored 12 fifties.
MS Dhoni has scored 11 fifties against England prior to the start of the series. If he gets two more fifty, he would get is 13th fifty. He would then own the record for most fifties by an Indian batsman against England. SK Raina and SR Tendulkar are the other two batsmen who have scored 12 fifties.
V Kohli will become the 58th captain to lead a team in 50 one day games when he leads India against England at Nottingham today. He will also become the seventh Indian captain to achieve the feat. Others are – MS Dhoni {199}, M Azharuddin {174}, SC Ganguly {146}, R Dravid {79}, N Kapil Dev {74} and SR Tendulkar {73}
MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 1425 runs against England prior to the start of the series. He needs 31 more runs which would fetch him 1546 runs. If he gets them, he would surpass SR Tendulkar’s 1455 runs and occupy the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs against England. Yuvraj Singh with 1523 runs has occupied the first place
MS Dhoni has scored 11 fifties against England prior to the start of the series. If he gets two more fifty, he would get is 13th fifty. He would then become the eighth batsman to score 12 or more fifties against England in one day games. Others are – KC Sangakkara {15}, IVA Richards {14}, DPMD Jayawardene {13}, RT Ponting {13}, MJ Clarke {12}, SK Raina {12} and SR Tendulkar {12}
MS Dhoni has scored ten half centuries against England prior to the start of the series. If he gets one more half century, he would get is eleventh half century. He would then become the sixth batsman to score eleven half centuries against England in one day games. Others are – MJ Clarke, R Dravid, SK Raina. IVA Richards and KC Sangakkara.
MS Dhoni has scored ten half centuries against England prior to the start of the series. If he gets one more half century, he would get is eleventh half century. He would then become the third Indian batsman to score eleven half centuries against England in one day games. Others are – R Dravid and SK Raina.
MS Dhoni has scored ten half centuries against England prior to the start of the series. Two more half centuries would fetch him his twelve half centuries and with it he would own the record for most half centuries by a batsman against England. He also would own the record for most half centuries by Indian batsman against England.
V Kohli has scored 24 fifties as captain prior to the start of this series. One more fifty would fetch him his 25th fifty. He would then become the 17th batsman to score 25 or more fifties as captain in the history of one day games.
V Kohli has scored 24 fifties as captain prior to the start of this series. One more fifty would fetch him his 25th fifty. He would then become the fifth Indian batsman to score 25 or more fifties as captain. Others are – MS Dhoni {53}, M Azharuddin {41}, SC Ganguly {41} and R Dravid {27}
V Kohli and EJG Morgan have scored 2868 and 2904 runs respectively while leading their teams prior to the start of the series. They need 132 and 96 runs more for their 3000 runs. If they get them, then they would become the 18th and 19th captains in the annals of one day games to aggregate 3000 plus runs.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | RT Ponting (AUS/ICC) | 2002-2012 | 230 | 220 | 22 | 8497 | 164 | 42.91 | 22 | 51 | 09 |
| 2 | MS Dhoni (INDIA) | 2007-2016 | 199 | 171 | 48 | 6633 | 139* | 53.92 | 06 | 47 | 03 |
| 3 | SP Fleming (NZ) | 1997-2007 | 218 | 208 | 16 | 6295 | 134* | 32.78 | 07 | 38 | 14 |
| 4 | A Ranatunga (SL) | 1988-1999 | 193 | 183 | 34 | 5608 | 131* | 37.63 | 04 | 37 | 14 |
| 5 | GC Smith (Afr/SA) | 2003-2011 | 150 | 148 | 09 | 5416 | 141 | 38.96 | 08 | 37 | 08 |
| 6 | M Azharuddin (INDIA) | 1990-1999 | 174 | 162 | 29 | 5239 | 153* | 39.39 | 04 | 37 | 06 |
| 7 | SC Ganguly (Asia/INDIA) | 1999-2005 | 147 | 143 | 11 | 5104 | 144 | 38.66 | 11 | 30 | 09 |
| 8 | AB de Villiers (SA) | 2012-2017 | 103 | 098 | 23 | 4796 | 162* | 63.94 | 13 | 27 | 02 |
| 9 | AR Border (AUS) | 1985-1994 | 178 | 165 | 27 | 4439 | 127* | 32.16 | 02 | 27 | 06 |
| 10 | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 1998-2003 | 118 | 118 | 05 | 4377 | 189 | 38.73 | 10 | 25 | 08 |
| 11 | WJ Cronje (SA) | 1994-2000 | 138 | 128 | 20 | 4070 | 094 | 37.68 | 00 | 31 | 06 |
| 12 | BC Lara (WI) | 1994-2007 | 125 | 119 | 15 | 3725 | 156 | 35.81 | 05 | 18 | 03 |
| 13 | M Jayawardene (Asia/SL) | 2004-2013 | 129 | 120 | 14 | 3569 | 126* | 33.66 | 04 | 23 | 11 |
| 14 | Imran Khan (PAK) | 1982-1992 | 139 | 122 | 29 | 3247 | 102* | 34.91 | 01 | 18 | 02 |
| 15 | IVA Richards (WI) | 1980-1991 | 105 | 091 | 11 | 3105 | 181 | 38.81 | 03 | 22 | 03 |
| 16 | WTS Porterfield (IRE) | 2008-2018 | 096 | 094 | 01 | 3034 | 139 | 32.62 | 09 | 13 | 06 |
| 17 | Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | 2008-2015 | 087 | 083 | 16 | 3003 | 096* | 44.82 | 00 | 27 | 03 |
| 18 | EJG Morgan (ENG) | 2011-2018 | 083 | 077 | 06 | 2904 | 124* | 40.90 | 06 | 19 | 07 |
| 19 | V Kohli (INDIA) | 2013-2018 | 049 | 046 | 12 | 2868 | 160* | 84.35 | 13 | 11 | 02 |
V Kohli has scored 2868 runs while leading their India prior to the start of the series. He needs 132 for 3000 runs. If he gets them, he would become the fourth Indian captain to aggregate 3000 plus runs.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | MS Dhoni | 2007-2016 | 199 | 171 | 48 | 6633 | 139* | 53.92 | 06 | 47 | 3 |
| 2 | M Azharuddin | 1990-1999 | 174 | 162 | 29 | 5239 | 153* | 39.39 | 04 | 37 | 6 |
| 3 | SC Ganguly | 1999-2005 | 147 | 143 | 11 | 5104 | 144 | 38.66 | 11 | 30 | 9 |
| 4 | V Kohli | 2013-2018 | 049 | 046 | 12 | 2868 | 160* | 84.35 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 492 runs against England in England prior to the start of the series. He needs eight more runs for his 500 runs. If he gets it, he would then become the fourth Indian batsman to total 500 plus runs against England in England. Others are – R Dravid {648}, SR Tendulkar {639} and SC Ganguly {565}
MS Dhoni has scored five fifties against England in England prior to the start of the series. He needs one more fifty for his sixth fifty. If he gets it, he would then become the second Indian batsman to score six or more fifties against England in England. R Dravid has scored seven fifties.
B Kumar has an aggregate of 90 wickets in one day games prior to the start of the series. He needs ten more wickets for his 100 wickets. If he gets them, he would then become the 19th Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets in one day games.
B Kumar has an aggregate of 90 wickets in one day games prior to the start of the series. He needs ten more wickets for his 100 wickets. If he gets them, he would then become the eleventh Indian pace bowler to capture 100 plus wickets in one day games.
V Sehwag-SR Tendulkar and S Dhawan-RG Sharma have partnered 12 three figure partnerships for the first wicket in one day games prior to the start of the series. One more three figure partnership for S Dhawan-RG Sharma pair would place them with 13 three figure partnerships. This would make the pair to occupy the second place in the list of Indian pairs with most three figure partnerships for the first wicket in the history of one day internationals. SC Ganguly-SR Tendulkar pair occupy the first place with 21 three figure partnerships.