MS Dhoni Records

Mahendra Singh (MS) Dhoni is the heartbeat of the million Indian cricket fans who worship the Jharkhand-born player for his phenomenal contributions in building Indian men’s cricket as a dynamic force around the globe.

MS Dhoni, a shy ball hailing from the capital city of Jharkhand state which didn’t have any prominent names at that point, ended at the highest echelons of Indian cricket when he hanged his boots on August 15, 2020. Dhoni’s retirement news shattered the hearts of his beloved fans, wouldn’t be wrong to mention them as devotees.

There is no wonder that Dhoni has lavished praise from all sectors of the world. Be it his fellow teammates, former and stalwarts of the game, fierce opponents, media professionals and lastly his die-hard fans across the world, Dhoni is that player who will never fall short of love.

A day will feel short if MS Dhoni takes time to sit and look at his stellar records someday. But we will try to make sure we cover as many MS Dhoni records in this piece below.

MS Dhoni Record list in international cricket as Wicketkeeper

• MS Dhoni holds the record for most dismissals by an Indian wicketkeeper in ODIs - 444 (321 catches, 123 stumpings).Dhoni is behind Kumar Sangakkara (482 dismissals), Adam Gilchrist (472) and Mark Boucher (424) in ODI cricket.

• Dhoni is the only Indian wicketkeeper to inflict six dismissals behind the wickets during a match against England in 2007.

• Dhoni holds the record of most dismissals by an Asian wicketkeeper in an ODI series. During the Commonwealth Bank series 2007-08 Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara is the second on the list with 17 dismissals in one series.

• Dhoni is the only wicketkeeper to inflict more than 100 stumpings in ODI cricket. Sangakkara, with 99 stumpings, is second on the list.

• Dhoni happens to be the only Indian wicketkeeper to complete three stumpings in an innings that also three times in his career.

• Dhoni conceded 24 runs in byes during the 2019 World Cup, which is the highest by any wicketkeeper in a World Cup.

• Dhoni is the only Indian wicketkeeper to score more than 300 runs in an ODI series. He amassed 347 runs during the Commonwealth Bank series 2007/08.

• Dhoni holds the record of highest individual score by any wicketkeeper in ODI cricket. His 183 not out against Sri Lanka in the 2005 is a benchmarks by any gloveman yet to breached in the 50-over format.

• Dhoni is the only second wicketkeeper in the history of the game to reach 10000-run mark in ODIs after Kumar Sangakkara.

• Dhoni holds the highest number of dismissals by an Indian wicketkeeper in Test cricket - 294 (256 catches, 38 stumpings).

• With 256 catches, Dhoni remains the only Indian wicketkeeper to pouch more than 200 Test catches.

• Dhoni holds the record for most matches by a Indian captain-wicketkeeper in Test cricket - 60 matches.

• Dhonis happens to be the first Indian wicketkeeper to surpass 4000 Test runs.

• Dhoni is the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a double-ton in Test cricket.

• MSD tops the charts with the most dismissals in T20 Internationals - 91 (57 catches, 34 stumpings).

• Dhoni has collected the most catches (57) by a wicketkeeper and holds the record for most stumpings (34).

• Dhoni has caught the most catches in an innings in T20Is - 5 against England in 2018.

• MS Dhoni bowled nine times during his glittering international career and entered a unique list of wicketkeeper’s to roll their arms.

• Dhoni is one of the eight players to score a hundred and inflict four dismissals by a wicketkeeper in an ODI match.

MS Dhoni's records as batsman

• Dhoni is the third oldest batter to reach 10000 ODI runs after Tillakaratne Dilshan and Brian Lara.

• MS Dhoni is the first player to score more than 10,000 runs with an average over 50.

• MS Dhoni has scored the most runs (4164 at 47.32) in ODIs while batting at No.6 position.

• MS Dhoni became the first Indian player to hit more than 200 sixes in the ODI format. India’s current skipper Rohit Sharma is ahead of Dhoni with 250 sixes to the latter’s 229.

• Dhoni is the fastest batter to attain the N0.1 ODI batter rankings in ICC’s list. He achieved the feat in just 42 innings.

• MS Dhoni was awarded as player of the match for his unbeaten 91 in the 2011 World Cup final.

• Dhoni became the fourth Indian captain to score a double-hundred in Test cricket and the first to score against Australia.

MS Dhoni records as captain

• MS Dhoni is the only captain to win all major ICC tournaments - World Cup (2011), T20 World Cup (2007) and Champions Trophy (2013) apart from taking India to the No.1 Test ranking in 2009 for the first time.

• Joint-highest player to stand in most matches as captain of T20 Internationals - 72. Former England skipper Eoin Morgan is the other player to have appeared in the same matches.

• Most matches played as captain in ODIs for India - 200.

• Most matches as captain by any player across all formats - 332 (60 Tests, 200 ODIs, 72 T20Is).

• Second most successful captain to win 110 ODI matches under his captaincy, only Ricky Ponting had won 165 ODI matches as the captain of Australia.

• Dhoni enjoys the record of most numbers of matches won as a skipper in T20Is- 41 matches.

• Dhoni lost the most number of matches as a T20I skipper – 28 matches.

• MSD holds the record of most number of sixes by a Captain in International cricket – 204.

MS Dhoni records in IPL

• MS Dhoni has led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to four IPL titles and two champions league T20 cups.

• Out of 13 seasons CSK participated in IPL, they qualified for the playoffs 11 times under Dhoni’s leadership.

• MS Dhoni has played the most IPL matches - 234 in 15 seasons.

• MS Dhoni holds record of most matches in IPL as a captain - 210 matches (14 games as captain of Rising Pune Super Giants).

• MS Dhoni has won most matches as a captain in IPL - 123.

• MS Dhoni became the first captain to win 100 matches in IPL.

• MS Dhoni also holds the record of most matches to lose an IPL captain - 86.

• MS Dhoni has inflicted most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in IPL - 170 (131 catches, 39 stumpings).

• Most catches by a wicketkeeper in IPL - 131.

• Most stumpings by a wicketkeeper in IPL - 39.

• In the IPL 2021 final, Dhoni became the first player to captain teams in 300 T20 matches (country and franchise).

• MS Dhoni became the oldest skipper to win the tournament when CSK defeated KKR in the final of IPL 2021 at the age of 40.

• Dhoni became the fourth player in IPL to register a 50-plus score at the age of 40.

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