FIVE WORLD RECORDS MS DHONI HOLDS

Only captain to win three ICC tournaments: MS Dhoni led India to victory in the inaugural edition of World T20 in 2007, followed it with an ODI World Cup triumph in 2011 and then became the only captain to lift all three ICC tournaments by leading India to the Champions Trophy title in 2013. Most final wins as a captain (ODIs): MS Dhoni has led India to 6 multination ODI tournament finals and of which India have won 4 – making him the most successful captain in multination ODI tournament finals. Overall,

Dhoni has won 110 ODI ODIs as a captain, which is the second-most by any player. Ponting is in the first place on the list by winning 165 ODIs.

■ Most Not Outs in ODIs: MS Dhoni has remained unbeaten in 84 ODIs, which is again a world record. The second best is by former South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock, who has 72 not outs to his name. Out of the 84 times, Dhoni remained unbeaten in ODIs, 51 came while India were chasing and amazingly, the Men in Blue have emerged victorious in 47 of those while two matches were tied and they lost only two times. Most stumpings in international cricket: MS Dhoni also holds the record for inflicting most number of stumpings in international cricket. in 350 matches, Dhoni has 123 stumpings to his name. He is also the only wicket-keeper to have inflicted 100 international stumpings in his career. In terms of total dismissals, MS Dhoni is behind South Africa’s Mark Boucher and Australia’s Adam Gilchrist.