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Plethora of records for Dhoni

By Rajneesh Gupta
Last updated on: November 08, 2005 12:16 IST
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni set a plethora of records during his brilliant innings of 183 not out in the third one-dayer against Sri Lanka at Jaipur. We take a look:

- When he reached 50, Dhoni became first Indian wicketkeeper to score a fifty against Sri Lanka in India. Interestingly, he held the previous highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper against Sri Lanka in India with his 38 at Nagpur on October 25, 2005.

Images from the match

- When he reached 100, he became first wicketkeeper to score two separate hundreds on Indian soil. By reaching three-figure mark, he also provided the first instance of wicketkeepers from the opposing sides scoring a hundred in the same match.

-When he reached 146, he established the highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper against Sri Lanka, obliterating Rahul Dravid's 145 at Taunton on May 26,1999.

-When he reached 149, he achieved his highest score in ODIs as well as the highest ever innings by an Indian wicketkeeper, beating his own 148 against Pakistan at Visakhapatnam on April 5, 2005.

-When he reached 154, he achieved the highest score by a batsman in ODIs batting second, expunging West Indian Brian Lara's 153 against Pakistan at Sharjah on November 5, 1993.

-When he reached 155, he set a new record of highest score by a wicketkeeper against Sri Lanka, bettering Australia's Adam Gilchrist's 154 at Melbourne on February 7,1999.

-When he reached 170, he set a new world record of highest individual innings by a batsman at number 3, bettering West Indian Brian Lara's 169 against Sri Lanka at Sharjah on October 16, 1995.

-When he reached 173, he established a new world record of highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODI history surpassing Australia's Adam Gilchrist's 172 against Zimbabwe at Hobart on January 16, 2004.

-The last six to end the match was Dhoni's tenth in the match -- a new Indian record of most sixes, beating the tally of seven sixes by Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly (twice). Only Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi have hit more sixes than Dhoni in an innings (11 apiece).

-The tenth six also took Dhoni's run-aggregate in the match in boundary shots to 120 (10 sixes and 15 fours) -- a new world record. The previous record was jointly held by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar against India at Chennai on May 21, 1997 and New Zealand's Lou Vincent against Zimbabwe at Hobart on August 24, 2005.

- His innings of 183* is now the highest ever by any batsman against Sri Lanka in ODIs. He joined fellow-countryman Sourav Ganguly, who also registered an identical score (but was dismissed) at Taunton on May 26,1999.

-This was the third time he ended a match with a six. The earlier such occasions were -- against the West Indies at Dambulla on July 31,2005 and against Zimbabwe at Harare on September 4, 2005.He now holds the Indian record of ending a match (on a winning note) with a six on most occasions.

He was previously at level with Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar with two such instances each.

- Dhoni took his career strike-rate to 108.90 at the end of this match -- highest by any batsman in ODIs (having batted in at least 20 innings). He went ahead of Pakistan's Shahid Afridi, who has scored his runs at a rate of 108.20 runs per 100 balls.

-At the end of this match, Dhoni's average is a staggering 49.73 -- the highest by any Indian batsman (having scored at least 500 runs in a career). He moved ahead of Sachin Tendulkar, who averages 44.67.

Highest innings by wicketkeepers in ODIs

Score

Balls

Keeper

For

Vs

Venue

Season

183*

145

MS Dhoni

Ind

SL

Jaipur

 31 Oct 2005

172

126

AC Gilchrist

Aus

Zim

Hobart

 16 Jan 2004

154

129

AC Gilchrist

Aus

SL

Melbourne

 07 Feb 1999

148

123

MS Dhoni

Ind

Pak

Visak'nam

 05 Apr 2005

145

164

A Flower

Zim

Ind

Colombo

 14 Sep 2002

145

129

R Dravid

Ind

SL

Taunton

 26 May 1999

144

146

KO Obuya

Ken

Ban

Nairobi

 10 Oct 1997

142*

128

A Flower

Zim

Eng

Harare

 07 Oct 2001

142

136

DL Houghton

Zim

NZ

Hyderabad

 10 Oct 1987

138

147

K Sangakkara

SL

Ind

Jaipur

 31 Oct 2005

Highest innings by Indian wicket-keepers in ODIs

Score

Balls

Keeper

Vs

Venue

      Date

183*

145

MS Dhoni

SL

Jaipur

 31 Oct 2005

148

123

MS Dhoni

Pak

Visak'nam

 05 Apr 2005

145

129

R Dravid

SL

Taunton

 26 May 1999

109*

124

R Dravid

WI

Ahmedabad

 15 Nov 2002

104

93

R Dravid

UAE

Dambulla

 16 Jul 2004

103*

124

R Dravid

WI

Singapore

 08 Sep 1999

99

104

R Dravid

Pak

Karachi

 13 Mar 2004

94*

96

SS Dighe

WI

Harare

 07 Jul 2001

82

117

R Dravid

Eng

Chester-le-Street

 04 Jul 2002

77

102

R Dravid

SA

Durban

 26 Oct 2001

76*

92

R Dravid

Pak

Lahore

 21 Mar 2004

Highest individual innings in ODIs

Score

Balls

Batsman

For

Vs

Venue

      Date

194

146

Saeed Anwar

Pak

Ind

Chennai

 21 May 1997

189*

170

IVA Richards

WI

Eng

Manchester

 31 May 1984

189

161

ST Jayasuriya

SL

Ind

Sharjah

 29 Oct 2000

188*

159

G Kirsten

SA

UAE

Rawalpindi

 16 Feb 1996

186*

150

SR Tendulkar

Ind

NZ

Hyderabad

 08 Nov 1999

183*

145

MS Dhoni

Ind

SL

Jaipur

 31 Oct 2005

183

158

SC Ganguly

Ind

SL

Taunton

 26 May 1999

181

124

IVA Richards

WI

SL

Karachi

 13 Oct 1987

175*

138

Kapil Dev

Ind

Zim

Tunbridge Wells

 18 Jun 1983

173

148

ME Waugh

Aus

WI

Melbourne

 09 Feb 2001

Most runs in boundaries in an individual innings

Runs

6s

4s

Batsman

Countries

Venue

Date

120

10

15

MS Dhoni (183*)

Ind v SL

Jaipur

 31 Oct 2005

118

5

22

Saeed Anwar (194)

Pak v Ind

Chennai

 21 May 1997

118

9

16

L Vincent (172)

NZ v Zim

Bulawayo

 24 Aug 2005

114

5

21

IVA Richards (189)

WI v Eng

Manchester

 31 May 1984

110

11

11

ST Jayasuriya (134)

SL v Pak

Singapore

 02 Apr 1996

110

7

17

SC Ganguly (183)

Ind v SL

Taunton

 26 May 1999

108

4

21

ST Jayasuriya (189)

SL v Ind

Sharjah

 29 Oct 2000

106

7

16

IVA Richards (181)

WI v SL

Karachi

 13 Oct 1987

100

6

16

Kapil Dev (175*)

Ind v Zim

Tunbridge Wells

 18 Jun 1983

100

4

19

DJ Callaghan (169*)

SA v NZ

Centurion

 11 Dec 1994

Highest individual score at each batting position

BP

Batsman

Runs

Balls

For

Vs

Venue

Date

1

Saeed Anwar

194

146

Pak

Ind

Chennai

 21 May 1997

2

G Kirsten

188*

159

SA

UAE

Rawalpindi

 16 Feb 1996

3

MS Dhoni

183*

145

Ind

SL

Jaipur

 31 Oct 2005

4

IVA Richards

189*

170

WI

Eng

Manchester

 31 May 1984

5

GW Flower

142*

128

Zim

Ban

Bulawayo

 11 Apr 2001

6

Kapil Dev

175*

138

Ind

Zim

Tunbridge Wells

 18 Jun 1983

7

M Kaif

111*

112

Ind

Zim

Colombo

 14 Sep 2002

8

L Klusener

83

77

SA

Aus

Johannesburg

 22 Mar 2002

DL Vettori

83

77

NZ

Aus

Christchurch

 22 Feb 2005

9

JP Yadav

69

92

Ind

NZ

Bulawayo

 26 Aug 2005

10

D Marillier

56*

24

Zim

Ind

Faridabad

 07 Mar 2002

11

Shoaib Akhtar

43

16

Pak

Eng

Cape Town

 22 Feb 2003

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