India vs Sri Lanka – 3rd ODI at Jaipur, Sri Lanka tour of India in 2005
The classic from 2005 to round off the list features the familiar opposition – Sri Lanka, who seem to have a penchant for being on the wrong end of India’s best performances whilst chasing. We started with the match that established Kohli as a great limited overs batsman and we end with the match that made Dhoni a household name.
Still very early in his career, Dhoni had developed a reputation for being an aggressive young batsman capable of dominating even the best bowling attacks on his day due to his 148* against Pakistan. This match, he was promoted to No. 3 in a chase of 299 and he unleashed carnage as he ended up scoring most of those runs himself, amassing an unbeaten 183. This at that time was the sixth highest ODI score and remains Dhoni’s best.
What is the most remarkable aspect innings, however, is that the next highest score was a 39 by Virender Sehwag.
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