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Friday, January 31, 2014

M S Dhoni becomes fourth fastest to join 8000-run club in ODI's

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni added another feather to his illustrious cap as he reached 8,000 ODI runs in the fifth and final ODI against New Zealand in Wellington on Friday Jan 31,2014

With an unbeaten knock of 79 in the 4th ODI at Auckland, Dhoni had reached 7,999 runs and needed just one more to achieve the landmark.

Achieving the milestone in 214 innings,M S  Dhoni joined an exclusive list of batsmen in the world. He is fourth place in the list of fastest to 8,000 ODI runs behind -
  • Sourav Ganguly (200 innings)
  • Sachin Tendulkar (210 innings)
  • Brian Lara (211 innings). 

In the process,M S Dhoni has surpassed -
Saeed Anwar (218 innings)
Desmond Haynes (219 innings)
Ricky Ponting (220 innings) and
Chris Gayle (221 innings)


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