Dhoni's mark

Published : Sep 08, 2017 15:35 IST

Crossing a milestone... Mahendra Singh Dhoni touches 300 (297 ODIs for India from 2004 to 2017 and three one-day games for Asia XI in June 2007).
Crossing a milestone... Mahendra Singh Dhoni touches 300 (297 ODIs for India from 2004 to 2017 and three one-day games for Asia XI in June 2007).
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Crossing a milestone... Mahendra Singh Dhoni touches 300 (297 ODIs for India from 2004 to 2017 and three one-day games for Asia XI in June 2007).

300

The number of one-day internationals played by M.S. Dhoni since making his debut for India on December 23, 2004 at the M.A. Aziz Stadium in Chittagong. He then was run out first ball for a golden duck! He has now appeared in 297 ODIs for India from 2004 to 2017 and also in three one-day games for Asia XI in June 2007.

6

The number of Indians who have appeared in 300 or more ODI games. Dhoni is the latest to reach the landmark. The others are: Sachin Tendulkar (463), Rahul Dravid (344), Mohd. Azharuddin (334), Sourav Ganguly (311) and Yuvraj Singh (304). Dhoni, meanwhile, is also the 20th player to appear in 300 or more ODI games.

For the record, seven Sri Lankan players have appeared in 300-plus ODIs — the most for any country!

1997

The year when Sri Lanka won an ODI bilateral series last against India. It was in August when Sri Lanka won the four-match ODI series 3-0. This means Sri Lanka has never won an ODI bilateral series against India during the Mahela, Sanga and Malinga era!

29

The number of ODI centuries for Virat Kohli in 185 innings, which means he has a hundred every six innings. Only Sachin Tendulkar (49 centuries in 452 innings) and Aussie Ricky Ponting (30 in 365 innings) have more ODI centuries than Kohli. While Kohli took 185 innings to reach his 29th ODI century, Tendulkar took 265 innings and Ponting needed 330 innings!

10

The number of 200-plus partnerships Virat Kohli has been involved in, in ODIs. This is by far the most by any batsman in ODI history. The next best is seven 200-plus stands by Ricky Ponting (Australia) and Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka) .

13

The number of bowlers who have claimed 300 or more ODI wickets. Lasith Malinga is the latest bowler to reach the milestone. He is the fourth Sri Lankan bowler to have achieved the mark, the others being M. Muralitharan (534), Chaminda Vaas (400) and Sanath Jayasuriya (323). For the record, Malinga became the eighth paceman to achieve the milestone and the fifth quickest to do so. 

The quickest to 300 ODI wickets (top five):

 

4

The number of visiting batsmen scoring back-to-back ODI centuries on Sri Lankan soil. Rohit Sharma now joins South Africans Herschelle Gibbs (in 2002) and Hashim Amla (in 2014) and Bangladeshi Tamim Iqbal (2013-2017).

14

The number of times the Indian batsmen have managed to score back-to-back centuries in ODI cricket. In all, nine Indian batsmen have achieved this, with Virat Kohli doing so the most number of times for India — four — while Rohit Sharma, in the fourth ODI at the Premadasa Stadium, doing so for the third time.

73

The number of times M.S. Dhoni has been not out in 258 innings in his ODI career. This is the most by a batsman in ODI cricket. In the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo (August 31), he went past South Africa’s Shaun Pollock (72 in 205 innings) and Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas (72 in 220 innings).

168

The margin of defeat (by runs) at the Premadasa Stadium in the fourth ODI is Sri Lanka’s biggest at home. The previous was also against India by 147 runs at this same venue, on February 3, 2009.

 

 

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