“MS Dhoni”: The Captain Cool Overall Test Record
MS Dhoni is India’s most successful captain in both test and ODI. Here we’re going to discuss MS Dhoni test record in both home condition and away from home condition. He has played 90 test match for India. MS Dhoni is awarded by several names i.e., Mr. Captain Cool. He played his 1st test against Sri Lanka in 12/02/2005 & his last match was against Australia in 26/12/2009 when took retirement from the test cricket. He played test cricket for nine years during his test cricket journey he earned both good and bad records, which you will find below.
Mr. Captain Cool is India’s most successful captain and only one captain in the history of cricket who won all the ICC trophy for his nation (T-20 World Cup in 2007, ODI World Cup in 2011, ICC Champion Trophy in 2013). MS Dhoni is not only the successful captain but also the most successful wicket-keeper of Indian cricket history. This post doesn’t contain MS Dhoni 50’s in the test.
MS Dhoni Overall Achievement In Test Cricket
| Matches | 90 |
| Innings | 144 |
| Runs | 4,876 |
| Balls | 8,248 |
| Highest | 224 |
| Average | 38.09 |
| SR | 59.12 |
| Not Out | 16 |
| Ducks | 10 |
| Fours | 544 |
| Sixes | 78 |
| 100’s | 6 |
| 50’s | 33 |
Some Beautiful Records of MS Dhoni In Test Cricket
Dhoni created an infinite number of records such as under his captaincy India became number one test team in 2009, and as an individual cricketer, he is the only one wicket-keeper in the test which has more than 4,000 runs (4,876) & 250+ dismissals.
| Most Test win as India Captain | 27 (21 at home, six away from home)
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| Most Matches as Indian Captain | 75 |
| Most matches win as India captain at home | 21 |
| Most run as Indian captain | 3,454 |
| Most matches as an Indian wicket-keeper | 90 |
| Most dismissals by an Indian wicket-keeper | 294 (256 catches, 38 stumping) |
| Most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in the match | 9 (8 catches +1 stumping) |
Some Heartbroken Records of MS Dhoni In Test Cricket
| Most overseas lost as test captain | 15 |
| 2nd highest number of match lost as Indian captain | 18 |
| Most ducks as Indian wicket-keeper | 10 |
List Of MS Dhoni Test Centuries
| S.No | Versus | Ground | Inning | Runs | Date |
| 1 | Pakistan | Iqbal Stadium (Pakistan) | 1st | 148 | 21/01/2006 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | Sardar Patel Stadium (India) | 1st | 110 | 16/11/2009 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | Brabourne Stadium (India) | 1st | 100* | 02/12/2009 |
| 4 | South Africa | Eden Gardens (India) | 1st | 132* | 14/02/2010 |
| 5 | West Indies | Eden Gardens (India) | 1st | 144 | 14/11/2011 |
| 6 | Australia | MA Chidambaram Stadium (India) | 1st | 224 | 22/02/2013 |
Individual Record as Indian Captain in test
| Place | Matches | Innings | Runs | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s |
| Home | 30 | 43 | 1,863 | 224 | 51.75 | 5 | 10 |
| Away | 25 | 43 | 1,287 | 90 | 32.17 | 0 | 11 |
Test Record as Indian Caption
| Place | Matches | Win | Lost | Draw | Win% |
| Home | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 70% |
| Away | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 24% |
MS Dhoni Captaincy Record Away From Home Country wise
| Country | Matches | Win | Lost | Draw | Win% |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| England | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17% |
| New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25% |
| South Africa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20% |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% |
| West Indies | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33% |
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