On this day in 2005: MS Dhoni registered his highest ODI score

It was on today, 16 years in the past, when former India skipper MS Dhoni registered his highest ODI rating. Dhoni achieved the feat towards Sri Lanka on October 31, 2005 within the third ODI of the seven-match collection on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Coming into bat at quantity three, Dhoni performed a knock of 183 runs from 145 balls with the assistance of 15 fours and 10 sixes. His knock helped the Rahul Dravid-led aspect defeat Sri Lanka by six wickets.

Within the sport, India was set a goal of 299 and India had gotten off to a foul begin because the aspect misplaced Sachin Tendulkar within the very first over of the innings. Nonetheless, the wicketkeeper-batter modified the tempo of the sport, and ultimately, remained unbeaten on 183.

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1⃣8⃣3⃣* Runs
1⃣4⃣5⃣ Balls
1⃣5⃣ Fours
1⃣0⃣ Sixes#OnThisDay in 2005, @msdhoni went berserk towards Sri Lanka to notch up his highest ODI rating. 🔥 👏 💪 👍 #TeamIndia

Watch that sensational innings 🎥 🔽 pic.twitter.com/FgMEhzmXet

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 31, 2021

The previous India skipper, who might be one of many best captains to grace the cricket subject, has gained all of it in his time: From the T20I World Cup in 2007 and the 2013 Champions Trophy to the 2011 ODI World Cup on dwelling soil.

Dhoni, who made his worldwide debut towards Bangladesh in 2004, went on to play 538 matches throughout codecs throughout his 16-year-long profession. He performed 350 One-Day Internationals, 90 Exams, and 98 Twenty20 Internationals for India.

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His final look in a global sport got here in July 2019, when India misplaced to New Zealand within the semi-final of the 50-over World Cup. On August 15, 2020, Dhoni introduced his retirement from worldwide cricket, bringing down the curtains on an illustrious profession.

Throughout his profession, Dhoni amassed 4,876 runs in Exams at a mean of 38.09 and scored 10,773 runs in ODIs at a mean of fifty.57. In T20Is, the swashbuckling batsman scored 1617 runs at a strike price of 126.13. He is at present the mentor for Group India for the continued ICC Males’s T20 World Cup.