#1 MS Dhoni - 93 Matches
Mahendra Singh Dhoni also was a part of the 2006 T20I against South Africa and was a constant in the Indian T20I team for the next 12 years. He led the Indian team to their only T20 World Cup in 2007 and holds the record for playing the most T20I matches for India both as a captain and a player.
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He held the reins of the Indian team for almost a decade and helped the nation build a strong young force in the shortest format of the game. Though MS Dhoni could score only 1,417 runs in his 93 matches he had an envious average of 37.17. Dhoni scored 2 half-centuries in his T20I career but made name for himself donning the gloves behind the wickets. He took 54 catches and did 33 stumpings whilst breaking wicket-keeping records on his way.
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