Stats: MS Dhoni has a field day breaking records

It was MS Dhoni who turned out to be the saviour for the Indians who found themselves in trouble batting first in the 3rd ODI after not getting a good start on a pitch which was getting better as the match progressed. The former Indian captain walked out to bat in the 27th over after the dismissal of Yuvraj Singh at the score of 100.

Dhoni took a bit longer than usual before going for his shots as he managed to hit just one boundary in the first 52 balls he faced by the end of 40th over scoring 29 runs. However, once Ajinkya Rahane got out after a gritty 72-run knock, Dhoni decided to push the scoring rate up along with Kedar Jadhav.

He added 21 runs in the next 14 balls to complete his 63rd ODI half century. This was his 113th fifty-plus score in his International career, the 2nd most by any wicketkeeper.

Most fifty-plus scores in International cricket by wicketkeepers:

Dhoni took on Jason Holder in the 47th over by hitting consecutive sixes in the first two balls. The first of the two sixes by MSD was his 200th six in ODI format for India. Though Dhoni has hit 208 ODI sixes after this innings, 7 of those sixes was while representing Asia XI.

Most sixes in ODI cricket for India:

With a boundary on the final ball of the innings, Dhoni finished unbeaten on 78 off 79 balls scoring his last 48 runs off just 27 balls which helped India to aggregate 100 runs in the last 10 overs and finish at 251/4. This innings took MS Dhoni’s ODI aggregate to 9442 runs; the 2nd highest by any player wicketkeeper in this format. In this process, he went past Adam Gilchrist who has scored 9410 ODI runs as a keeper.

Most runs in ODI cricket by wicketkeepers:

Dhoni also went past Mohammad Azharuddin’s tally of 9378 ODI runs during this innings to move up to 4th in the list of highest run-scorers among Indians in this format. This list includes Dhoni’s tally of 174 ODI runs for Asia XI.

Most runs in ODI cricket by Indians:

(Stats as on June 30, 2017)