5 MS Dhoni records that might not be broken

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been a great servant to Indian cricket
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been a great servant to Indian cricket

#5 Most International matches as captain

MS can boast of a cool head over his shoulders
MS can boast of a cool head over his shoulders

MS Dhoni was given the captaincy after India were knocked out in group stages in 2007 WC held in the Carribean.

Dhoni’s first game as captain was against Pakistan in WT20 in 2007. He captained the side for 10 years across various formats of the game and emerged as one of the successful captains of Indian cricket. Dhoni retired from Tests in 2014 and he officially stepped down from ODI and T20I captaincy in 2017.

In his 10 year stint as captain, Dhoni led the team in 331 matches of which he won 178 games thus having a win percentage of 53.61. Ricky Ponting stands next in the list with 324 games.

Among the current era captains, Virat Kohli stands the second after Dhoni with 126 games and Kane Williamson stands next with 116 matches.

The difference is yet again a reason why Dhoni might hold this record forever. Teams having different captains across different format is the other reason for this record to remain unbroken.

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