Records of MS Dhoni

Some records of MS Dhoni:

Here are some great records of MS Dhoni.

MS Dhoni

• Dhoni is the only Captain, who win all 3 ICC events. (World T20 2007, World Cup 2011, Champions Trophy 2013).
• Captained in 331 Matches across formats most by any player in History of Cricket.
• He has an average of 101.84 in successful run chases.
• He has finished ODI chase with a six 9 times most, Which is most any other player.
• He is the only Indian to hit 200 sixes in ODI's.
• He has Most runs in ODI's when batting at number 6 or lower (4601).
• Dhoni's inning of not out 183 runs vs SL is the highest ever by a wicket-keeper batsman in ODI's.
• He has record of 40 unbeaten innings in ODI's.
• And now MS Dhoni has a record of 99* Stumping in his ODI career. The most by any other wicket keeper.

Big Bash League 2017-18

John Hastings named new Captain of Melbourne Stars

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Hastings replaces David Hussey, who announced his retirement last season of Big Bash League. Hastings missed the last season due to his injury and now he returned to Australia after his successful  period in England with Worcestershire. His County period came to a speedy end after he suffered a foot injury.

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	1	2	0	52	32	26.0	88	59.09	0	0	0	5	2
ODI	29	21	11	271	51	27.1	273	99.27	0	0	1	29	8
T20I	9	6	2	46	15	11.5	37	124.32	0	0	0	3	1
IPL	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	1	2	234	153	1	51/1	153/1	3.92	153.0	234.0	0	0
ODI	29	29	1486	1256	42	45/6	45/6	5.07	29.9	35.38	1	0
T20I	9	9	186	247	7	14/3	14/3	7.97	35.29	26.57	0	0
IPL	3	3	58	66	3	6/2	6/2	6.83	22.0	19.33	0	0

Squad of Melbourne Stars:

Michael Beer, Scott Boland, James Faulkner, Evan Gulbis, Seb Gotch, Sam Harper, Peter Handscomb, John Hastings(C), Glenn Maxwell, Ben Hilfenhaus, Kevin Pietersen, Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Dan Worrall, Luke Wright, Adam Zampa

West Indies Tour of England

England vs West Indies, 2nd Test

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West Indies won by 5 wkts.

August 25, 2017 - August 29, 2017
England won the Toss and elected to Bat First

Gabriel and Roach thrashed England Batting line-up

Gabriel and Roach both took 4-4 wickets and thrashed the England batting order in the first innings. They packed up them in 258 runs.

Stokes Hits Century and took team to a Ordinary total

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where every English batsman failed to perform in the first innings. Ben Stokes played brilliantly, And took his team to respectful total.

Eng                             258-10
Ben Stokes                100 (124 balls)   
Joe Root                    59 (98 balls)

Kemar Roach             4 wkts
Shannon Gabriel        4 wkts

Brathwaite and Shai Hope's Astonishing innings and Anderson's Fifer   

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Brathwaite and Shai Hope made partnership of 246 runs for the fourth wicket. These two Caribbean players showed their Class, And put hosts in difficulty. They do there everything but can't get wickets of these two batsmans.

WI                              427-10
Shai Hope                  147 (253 balls)
kraigg Brathwaite    134 (249 balls)

James Anderson       5 wkts

Team effort in the Second innings by English Team

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After the flop show in the First innings of the match, Hosts this time bounced-back. Every player gave their best, Six players made 50 plus score in the 2nd innings of the Match.

Eng                    490-8
Moeen Ali         84 (93 balls)
Joe Root            72 (111 balls)

Roston Chase    3 wkts

Brathwaite and Shai Hope gave Victory to the Visitors

West Indies chased the target in the 91.2 overs.Shai Hope and brathwaite played a magnificient role in their success.

WI                               322-5
Shai Hope                   118* (211 balls)
Kraigg Brathwaite     95 (180 balls)

Player of The Match

Shai Hope (147 and 118*)

World 11 Squad for Pakistan Tour

The World 11 side that will tour Pakistan for Three Match T-20 series of Independence Cup will led by South Africa Captain Faf Du Plessis.
The first two T-20 of the Independence Cup will be played on September 12,13 and the final game will be played on Sept 15, in Lahore.

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World 11 Squad 

1. Faf Du Plessis (C)
2. Hashim Amla
3. David Miller
4. Morne Morkel 
5. Imran Tahir
6. Samuel Badree
7. Darren Sammy
8. George Bailey
9. Ben Cutting 
10. Tim Paine (wk)
11. Paul Collingwood
12. Grant Elliot
13. Tamim Iqbal
14. Thisara Perera

Coach - Andy Flower

Pakistan Squad for World 11 Series

1. Sarfraz Ahmed (C,wk)
2. Fakhar Zaman
3. Ahmed Shehzad
4. Babar Azam
5. Shoaib Malik
6. Umer Amin
7. Imad Wasim
8. shadab Khan
9. Mohammad Namaz
10. Faheem Ashraf
11. Hasan Ali
12. Amir Yamin
13. Mohammad Amir
14. Rumman Raees
15. Usman Shinwari
16. Sohail Khan

Sohail Khan recalled for the three match series. He last played T-20 for Pakistan in Sept,2011.

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India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, 2017

India Tour of Sri Lanka, 2017

India won by 3 wkts (DLS method)

SL               236-8 (50 overs)

Ind              231-7 (44.2 overs)

Match         Ind vs SL, 2nd ODI, August 24,2017 

Venue         Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele

Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar gave Victory to India

Dhoni-Bhuvneshwar

When Indian team was struggling at 131-7, Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar make a 100* partnership and took their team to a dramatic win. Bhuvneshwar Test like inning and dhoni's mastermind gave victory in the 2nd ODI. 

Dhoni                      45* runs
Bhuvneshwar         53* runs



Dananjaya at his Best, Disturbed the visitors batting order

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The young Sri Lankan Off-Spinner dananjaya was introduced to attack in the 12th over and turned the game upside down, Finishing with the career best figures of 6 for 54.

Player of The Match

Akila Dananjaya   

India A Tour Of SA,2017 2nd Unofficial Test

India A vs South Africa A

2nd Unofficial Test match, India A won by 6 wickets

India A Tour of South Africa,2017

Venue       Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Date          Sat, Aug 19 - Tue, Aug 22
Toss         South Africa A opt to Bat first

First Inning's Story, Stephen Cook's Nervous Ninety

Stephen Cook

SA A                     322-10 

Stephen Cook        98

Aiden Markram      74

Stephen Cook carried his good form to 2nd Test too, After becoming Man of the Match in the first Test he ensured his comeback in SA.

Aiden Markram Captain of SA A added 74 runs in the team's total.

Partnership between Markram and Cook is of 167 runs for the 1st wicket. 

Nadeem and Navdeep Saini bowled brilliantly 

Shahbaz Nadeem

Shahbaz Nadeem took 4 wickets.
Navdeep Saini took 3 wickets.

 Ravikumar Samarth and Shreyas Iyer's Superb half centuries

Shreyas Iyer

India A                           276-10
Ravikumar Samarth        77 runs.
Shreyas Iyer                   65 runs.

Dane Piedt                     4 wkts
Dane Paterson               3 wkts

India A  top order gave strong start but they lost their 8 wickets for 95 to be bowled out for 276. Captain Karun Nair got flopped in the first innings he got out on 1 run. Ravikumar Samarth and Sudip Chatterjee added 106 runs for the first wicket. Sudip missed his Half-century by four runs. Shreyas Iyer scored 65 runs with the help of five fours and four sixes.

SA A got Lead of 46 runs.

2nd Inning, Cook Again played an Magnificient Knock. 

SA A                    177 runs.
Stephen Cook       70 runs.
Ankit Rajpoot and Shahbaz Nadeem both took 3-3 wickets.
In the 2nd Innings SA A fall down to 177 all out. Cook carried his bat again and made 70 off 196 balls.
SA A set the target of 223 runs.

Karun Nair gave Success to his Team and square the series.  

Karun Nair

India A                               226-4
Ravikumar Samarth            55 runs
Karun Nair                         90 runs

India A chased this score just in 62.3 overs they scored 226 runs.
Ravikumar Samarth 2nd 50 of the match and Captain Karun Nair's 90 runs helped to seal the victory for India A after losing the First Test by 235 runs. They square the series by 1-1.

Man of the Match - Ravikumar Samarth

Ravikumar Samarth

Ravikumar Samrth got Man of the match in 2nd Unofficial Test who replaced Tamil Nadu batsman Abhinav Mukund in India A Team. He made fifties in both innings of 2nd Test. He included total 132 runs for his team and became Man of the Match.

Player of the Series - Stephen Cook

Stephen Cook, who was dropped for the Four-Test, Series in England build up his case for a return, Through his Match-Winning 120 runs in the 1st Unofficial Test with couple of fifties in this Match. He ended the series as the Top Scorer with 320 runs in four innings and became Player of the Series. (120,32,98,70)