They say “When there is Dhoni, there is hope.” M.S Dhoni is a man that has many attributes, a Successful Captain, Best Finisher, Greatest Wicketkeeper and more. He has been one of the finest men ever to play the sport of cricket. World T20, the World Cup, Champions Trophy, No.1 Test team - Dhoni has done everything possible as captain. The boy from Jharkhand burst on to the international scene as a 23-year-old and stunned the cricketing world with his unconventional batting. Since then, Dhoni has achieved numerous records. His stats in ODIs and T20s has been incredible, but there is still a lot more to him than what meets the eye.
Dhoni has been the most popular player even in Indian fantasy cricket. Captain cool has always been the first addition in cricket lovers’ fantasy cricket playing XI.
Dhoni may have numerous records under his belt, but there are many records still unknown to plenty. We bring you five lesser-known records of MS Dhoni in international cricket.
· Most runs scored without scoring a fifty in T20Is
Dhoni holds the record for playing the most T20I innings and scoring the most runs before scoring his maiden fifty in T20s at the international level. MS Dhoni has scored 1069 runs in T20Is as captain of India in 70 matches. The next batsman in the list is Gary Wilson of Ireland who scored 673 runs from 46 T20I matches for Ireland without scoring a fifty.
· Most Sixes in International Cricket as Captain
MS Dhoni captained India in 324 international matches and scored 10,964 runs. He hit 204 sixes in international cricket as captain of the Indian team, the most by any captain in international cricket. Ricky Ponting is in second place with 171 sixes from 324 matches as a captain of Australia.
· Most T20I matches won as captain
MS Dhoni has captained India in 70 T20I matches, out of which India has won 41 matches. The legendary batsman has won the most number of matches as captain in T20Is.
· Most Centuries While Batting at Number 7 in ODIs
MSD has scored nine centuries in his ODI career from 278 matches. Out of which, two centuries have come while batting at number seven in ODIs which is the most by any batsman in ODIs while batting at that number.
· Most numbers of not out in ODIs
Dhoni is known as the best finisher in the world. In the ODI cricket, he held the record of most number of not outs. In 348 ODIs and featuring in 296 innings, Dhoni stayed unbeaten on 84 events which are most by any in the 50-over format.
