Sachin Tendulkar Honored M S Dhoni on Completing 100 International Fifties
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Sachin Tendulkar Honored M S Dhoni on Completing 100 International Fifties

Another feat achieved by the former Indian skipper MS Dhoni has he became  the 14th batsman in the history of International Cricket to hit 100 international fifties combining all formats i.e. One day Internationals (ODIs), Test Cricket and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). He accomplished this landmark in the first ODI of the ongoing 5 match ODI series between India and Australia, at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai.

Here’s what Sachin Tendulkar tweeted about M S Dhoni: 

Yet another 100 for M S Dhoni. This time in front of the stumps! Congratulations on a century of 50s Mahi 

 

Now Dhoni has 66 ODIs Fifties, 33 Test Fifties and 1 T20I fifty which make tally of 100 fifties

Other Records of M S Dhoni

A few days ago, MS Dhoni had registered the record of 100 stumpings in ODIs as a wicketkeeper, becoming the first in ODI cricket history to do so. He also has the record of most not outs in the ODI’s; Dhoni remained 74 times not out in 260 innings. Both the feats achieved during the 5 ODI series in Sri Lanka.

List of Players with 100 or more International Fifties:

Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS 50 100 Avg
S Tendulkar (IND) 1989-2013 664 782 74 34357 248* 164 100 48.52
K Sangakkara (SL) 2000-2015 594 666 67 28016 319 153 63 46.77
J Kallis (SA) 1995-2014 519 617 97 25534 224 149 62 49.1
R Ponting (AUS) 1995-2012 560 668 70 27483 257 146 71 45.95
R Dravid (IND) 1996-2012 509 605 72 24208 270 146 48 45.41
M Jayawardene (SL) 1997-2015 652 725 62 25957 374 136 54 39.15
I Haq (PAK) 1991-2007 499 551 76 20580 329 129 35 43.32
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1994-2015 454 553 94 20988 203* 125 41 45.72
B Lara (WI) 1990-2007 430 521 38 22358 400* 111 53 46.28
S Ganguly (IND) 1992-2008 424 488 40 18575 239 107 38 41.46
S Jayasuriya (SL) 1989-2011 586 651 35 21032 340 103 42 34.14
AB de Villiers (SA) 2004-2017 404 462 66 18996 278* 102 45 47.96
A Border (AUS) 1978-1994 429 517 83 17698 205 102 30 40.77
MS Dhoni (IND) 2004-2017 469 471 124 15825 224 100 16 45.37

Not to surprise, India’s Sachin Tendulkar is at the top of the elite list with 164 international fifties under his name. Sachin Tendulkar is also the only Player to have 100 international hundreds to his name.

Second in this list is former Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara. In his eminent international career, the Sri Lankan legend scored 153 international fifties. At number 3, 4 and 5 are South African legend Jacques Kallis (149), former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting (146) and the wall Rahul Dravid (146) from India.

This fifty of Dhoni was special in the aspect that when Dhoni came to crease Indian team was in big trouble as half side went to pavilion on the score of 87. He along with Hardik Pandya (83 off 66 balls) added 118-run partnership for the 6th wicket and 72 runs partnership for the 7th wicket with Bhuvneshwar Kumare which helped India to reach 281/7 from 50 Overs.

Hardik Pandya’s all-round splendor effort along with Dhoni sheet anchor innings helped India to beat Australia in a rain curtailed match by 26-runs (D/L method) in opening ODI of the five-match series, on Sunday.

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