Top 10 Highest individual scores by Indian Test captains

2. MS Dhoni – 224 v Australia, 2013:

The 1st Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy was a match eclipsed by MS Dhoni‘s career best knock of 224. Australia, with as many as 8 players playing for the first time in India, had a good start to the series batting well for the first two days. The match was sort of evenly poised after Sachin Tendulkar’s solid half-century.

However, what happened after day 3 took away the little amount of advantage the visitors had as MS Dhoni batted majestically to annihilate the Australian bowling attack, scoring 224 runs in just 265 balls, the highest Test score by an Indian wicketkeeper – surpassing Budhi Kunderan’s 192.

His inning was enough to power India to 572 in the end and earn a lead of 192 runs. The Indian skipper muscled the fast bowling attack comprising James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Peter Siddle. In all, it was the best knock of Dhoni’s Test career.

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