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India vs Australia: MS Dhoni reaches another mindblowing milestone enroute to his brilliant 79

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MS Dhoni showed why Indian team rates him so highly again during the 1st ODI match against Australia in Chennai.

Coming to bat when India was at a precarious position at 64/4, Dhoni initially absorbed the pressure and blunted the Aussie bowling. He provided solidity whereas Hardya Pandya went completely ballistic at the other end.

Later, Dhoni too turned on the style near the fag end of the innings, scoring 79 of 88 balls, hitting 4 boundaries and two massive sixes. India ended with a competitive 281/7 from 50 overs.

Dhoni now has 9737 runs in ODIs and requires 263 more runs to complete the 10,000-run milestone in the 50-over format.  

The 36-year-old Dhoni is now the 13th cricketer in the history of international cricket to complete a ton of 50's. Among Indians, he is fourth after Sachin Tendulkar (164), Rahul Dravid (146) and Sourav Ganguly (107).

 

This was Dhoni's 66th ODI 50 in his 302 appearances. He also has 33 Test half-centuries and a lone T-20 50. So, in total he has now scored a mind-boggling 100 half-centuries in international cricket, a really towering achievement by any stretch of imagination. 

Here are 9 other records that show just how great a pioneer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is in Indian cricket:

1) Only captain to win all 3 ICC events (World Cup, Champions Trophy and World T20)

2) Captained 331 matches across formats - most by any player in history

3) Averages a mind-boggling 101.84 in successful rain chases.

 

4) Has finished an ODI chase with a six nine times.

5) Most runs in ODIS batting at 6 or lower (4601)

6) Only Indian to hit 200 sixes in ODIs

7) His 183* against Sri Lanka is the highest by a wicket-keeper in ODIs

 

8) Has a record of 40 unbeaten innings in successful run chases in ODIs.

9) Most dismissals by an Indian wicket-keeper across all formats -737

With PTI inputs

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