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MS Dhoni etched his name in the history books after becoming only the sixth Indian and 20th overall cricketer to feature in 300 One-Day Internationals on 31 August during India's fourth ODI clash against Sri Lanka at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo.
Sachin Tendulkar, Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumara Sangakkara are the only four cricketers who have played more than 300 ODI matches in the history of the sport. Pakistani great Shahid Afridi missed the mark by a whisker after he retired after playing 398 games.
Dhoni's career graph has been so unreal that even without a biopic, his story is incredibly filmi. It is not surprising that his best moments have come in ODIs. A career average of nearly 52 and a strike rate of around 89 is a rare achievement.
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The former Indian captain is also only the second wicket-keeper after Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara to play 300 ODI matches. The former Lankan skipper represented his country in 360 matches as a wicketkeeper-batsman. Also, South Africa's Marck Butcher played 295 games, while Aussie Adam Gilchrist managed 287 matches.
Dhoni may not be able to go past Sangakkara's run tally of 14,234 (the most runs after Tendulkar) but as a wicketkeeper he has better numbers. During the second ODI of the current series on 24 August, Dhoni equalled Sangakkara's record of most stumpings (99) in ODIs. But Dhoni took 106 fewer matches to do so.
No one has remained unbeaten while batting more than Dhoni—40 of those occasions came in ODIs that India won. Already in this series, he has unbeaten scores of 45 and 67 in the two matches in which he batted.
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So the statistic that Dhoni has the highest average (99.16, Kohli has 97.68 and Michael Bevan, 86.25) during successful run-chases in ODIs (minimum 1,000 runs), doesn't come as a surprise.
For a man who has served Indian cricket all these years, reaching the milestone of 300 ODIs clearly wasn't going to go unnoticed as the cricket bigwigs wasted no time in showering praise on Dhoni.
Wearing the ODI cap for the 300th time is definitely a special achievement! Hope you have a great game today, @msdhoni! #Dhoni300 pic.twitter.com/y6DrhdJ4Rx
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 31, 2017The iconic wicketkeeper-batsman @msdhoni gets ready for his 300th ODI match! My wishes to the man who always inspires me!#INDvsSL #Dhoni300 pic.twitter.com/m7mVc7IbMd
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) August 31, 2017MS Dhoni plays his 300th ODI and enters an exclusive club of cricketing greats. #Dhoni300 https://t.co/8IYiYjOUJ3
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) August 31, 2017As MSD conquers another milestone, @HaydosTweets tells us about the human side of the legend ð #Dhoni300 #BwC pic.twitter.com/Zg3LI0SaoI
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) August 31, 2017A legend of world cricket walks into the 300 ODI club today. Mahi bhai @msdhoni, aap jaisa koi nahi. All the best. #Dhoni300 #IndvsSL pic.twitter.com/BSodndwvQU
— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) August 31, 2017Today @msdhoni will become the 6th Indian player to play 300 ODIs! #SLvIND #Dhoni300 pic.twitter.com/24NDF2Gh4T
— ICC (@ICC) August 31, 20174th ODI, #SLvIND
MS Dhoni A Remarkable Career#Dhoni300 pic.twitter.com/NOldNHcKeC
You're special @msdhoni ... and you'll always be. Congrats on becoming 6th Indian Cricketer to enter #300 ODI Club.
ð #Dhoni300 ð #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/p7CcUgahUo
Congratulations @msdhoni on your 300th ODI! ð #Dhoni300 #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/GBYHzgpEoF
— ICC (@ICC) August 31, 2017
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