Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the former Indian international cricketer had captained the Indian national team from 2007 to 2016 in limited-overs formats and from 2008 to 2014 in Test cricket.
Here are the glimpses of the top 9 records held by M.S. Dhoni:-
1) Dhoni’s 183 against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the highest score by a wicket-keeper in One Day International cricket.
2) M.S. Dhoni is the first Indian and fifth overall who hit 200 sixes in ODIs.
3) Indian team topped the Test cricket rankings for the first time in 2009 under the captaincy of Dhoni.
4) Dhoni ranks first in the all-time dismissals list by Indian wicket-keepers with 294 dismissals total.
5) Dhoni is the first Indian wicket-keeper who completed 4,000 test runs.
6) Dhoni has the most stumpings by any wicket-keeper in an ODI career. He has 120 stumpings in total.
7) MS Dhoni captained India in 200 ODIs, 60 Tests and 72 T20Is before he announced his retirement on August 15, 2020. He led India in a total of 332 international matches no other captain of any team in the world did. Ricky Ponting comes second on the list of most matches played as a captain with leading the Australian team in 324 international matches.
8) MS Dhoni also holds the record for being most not outs by any batsman in ODIs. He remained unbeaten in 84 ODI matches. Former South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock comes after him with 72 not outs. In the 50-over format India won 47 out of 51 ODI matches in which Dhoni remained unbeaten while chasing.
9) Dhoni is the owner of an outstanding record of being the only player in the world who has won all three major ICC trophies – ICC T20 World Cup (2007), ICC ODI World Cup (2011) and ICC Champions Trophy (2013) as captain. He won everything there was to be in white-ball cricket. It is his exceptional achievement as a white-ball captain.
