MS Dhoni sets a new Record

MCG, January 18: We all knew that, The Indian cricket team has finally wrapped up the Australian series with a smile onto their faces following their quintessential triumph at Melbourne. The series decider contest at MCG wouldn’t have landed onto the laps of the touring Indian lineup had Dhoni not essayed a nerve-whacking knock of 87 in 114 deliveries in the highly coveted run chase.

Coming to more detailes, The 37-year-old’s quintessential exhibitions in the 3-match ODI series witnessed him amassing 193 runs along with a tally of 3 consecutive fifties while playing at an average of 150 plus.

This is not the first time Dhoni has scored consecutive fifties in more than two matches. Back in 2009, Dhoni scored 94 and 53 vs Sri Lanka before scoring an unbeaten 84 against New Zealand. In 2011, Dhoni scored 69, 78, 50 and 87 not out vs England in 2011. Three years later, Dhoni scored 56, 50 and 79 not out against New Zealand.

He also became only the fourth Indian to score over 1000 ODI runs after Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

The veteran’s swashbuckling encounter in the ultimate contest resulted in a massive uproar over Twitter with a bucketload of tweets pouring in under the banner of MS Dhoni Twitter reactions.

India will now be touring New Zealand from January 23- February 10 for 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is.