Indian ODI player Mahendra Dhoni hits 183 vs. S.L .at Jaipur

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Blistering 183 breaks a brace of records

Dhoni's day in the sun

Travis Basevi and George Binoy

November 2, 2005

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni has two entries in the top four scores by a wicketkeeper in one-day cricket © Getty Images

Sri Lanka were blindsided by a calculated assault from Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the third ODI against India and en route to his unbeaten 183, Dhoni forced his way into a few record books.

By the time he hammered the last of his ten sixes - the most by an Indian in an innings and the second highest in ODIs - Dhoni had surpassed Adam Gilchrist's record for the highest score by a wicketkeeper in a one-day match but a more significant record was broken about 30 runs earlier.

As he strode past 153, Dhoni broke Brian Lara's record for the highest individual score in the second innings of an ODI. Dhoni's innings leads some of one-day cricket's most memorable batting performances, none more so than Lara's majestic 153 against Pakistan and Sachin Tendulkar's back-to-back centuries against Australia at Sharjah.



Highest scores in the second innings Player Runs Opposition Ground
Scorecard

MS Dhoni (India) 183* v Sri Lanka Jaipur
ODI 2290

BC Lara (WI) 153 v Pakistan Sharjah
ODI 845

ST Jayasuriya (SL) 151* v India Mumbai
ODI 1207

BC Lara (WI) 146* v New Zealand Port of Spain
ODI 1086

A Flower (Zimb) 145 v India Colombo (RPS)
ODI 1876

SR Tendulkar (India) 143 v Australia Sharjah
ODI 1325

CWJ Athey (Eng) 142* v New Zealand Manchester
ODI 389

DL Houghton (Zimb) 142 v New Zealand Hyderabad (Decc)
ODI 454

SB Styris (NZ) 141 v Sri Lanka Bloemfontein
ODI 1944

SR Tendulkar (India) 141 v Pakistan Rawalpindi
ODI 2114

Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 139* v India Lahore
ODI 1236

JH Kallis (SAf) 139 v West Indies Johannesburg
ODI 2096

ME Trescothick (Eng) 137 v Pakistan Lord's
ODI 1722

SC Ganguly (India) 135* v Bangladesh Dhaka
ODI 1597

NS Sidhu (India) 134* v England Gwalior
ODI 813

ST Jayasuriya (SL) 134* v Pakistan Lahore
ODI 1251

SP Fleming (NZ) 134* v South Africa Johannesburg
ODI 1955

SR Tendulkar (India) 134 v Australia Sharjah
ODI 1327

DL Haynes (WI) 133* v Australia Albion
ODI 252

CG Greenidge (WI) 133* v New Zealand Christchurch
ODI 441





Right through his innings, Dhoni had shown the preference for the big hit rather than the quickly-scampered double and by the end of his effort, he had a world record to show for it. With 15 fours and ten sixes, Dhoni totaled 120 runs in boundaries, the highest in a one-day innings, eclipsing Saeed Anwar's record-breaking 194 against India in Chennai.





Most runs in boundaries Player Runs 4s 6s Total Opposition Ground
Scorecard

MS Dhoni (India) 183* 15 10 120 v Sri Lanka Jaipur
ODI 2290

Saeed Anwar (Pak) 194 22 5 118 v India Chennai
ODI 1209

L Vincent (NZ) 172 16 9 118 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo
ODI 2272

IVA Richards (WI) 189* 21 5 114 v England Manchester
ODI 264

ST Jayasuriya (SL) 134 11 11 110 v Pakistan Singapore
ODI 1088

SC Ganguly (India) 183 17 7 110 v Sri Lanka Taunton
ODI 1463

ST Jayasuriya (SL) 189 21 4 108 v India Sharjah
ODI 1652

IVA Richards (WI) 181 16 7 106 v Sri Lanka Karachi
ODI 457

N Kapil Dev (India) 175* 16 6 100 v Zimbabwe Tunbridge Wells
ODI 216

DJ Callaghan (SAf) 169* 19 4 100 v New Zealand Centurion
ODI 960




India's successful run-chase was virtually The Dhoni Show with a few batsmen playing supporting roles but nobody scoring more than Virender Sehwag's 39. This massive 144-run gulf between Dhoni's 183 and Sehwag's 39 is the fourth highest in terms of difference between the highest and second highest scores in an innings.





Biggest difference between highest and second highest scores Player Runs Next Diff Opposition Ground
Scorecard

IVA Richards (WI) 189* 26 163 v England Manchester
ODI 264

Saeed Anwar (Pak) 194 39 155 v India Chennai
ODI 1209

N Kapil Dev (India) 175* 24 151 v Zimbabwe Tunbridge Wells
ODI 216

MS Dhoni (India) 183* 39 144 v Sri Lanka Jaipur
ODI 2290

ST Jayasuriya (SL) 189 52 137 v India Sharjah
ODI 1652

RA Smith (Eng) 167* 36 131 v Australia Birmingham
ODI 831

G Kirsten (SAf) 188* 57 131 v United Arab Emirates Rawalpindi
ODI 1049

DI Gower (Eng) 158 34 124 v New Zealand Brisbane
ODI 168

SR Tendulkar (India) 146 32 114 v Zimbabwe Jodhpur
ODI 1658

ST Jayasuriya (SL) 151* 38 113 v India Mumbai
ODI 1207





Trivia

In the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Jaipur, both Kumar Sangakkara and Dhoni hit centuries, making it the first match in which both the wicketkeepers have hit hundreds.