MS Dhoni has been enjoying a brilliant run of form in 2019 and he was once again a top performer for the Indian cricket team on Saturday as he guided them to a comfortable win over Australia in the first ODI encounter.
The veteran wicketkeeper-batsman scored a gritty half century and in the process, became only the fourth Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid to complete 13,000 runs in List A cricket.
Dhoni now has 13,054 runs in 412 List A matches at an average of 50.79 with legendary England cricketer Graham Gooch topping the lists with 22,211 runs in List A cricket.
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Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav joined a set of elite players are stitching together a match-winning stand against Australia. This was the second instance where the pair had put on a century stand in ODIs and their previous 100-run partnership also came against the same opposition.
The unbeaten 141-run stand is the second best fifth-wicket stand for India against Australia at home in ODIs. 57.44 % of the partnership runs came off the bat of Kedar Jadhav. The duo surpassed Suresh Raina and Sachin Tendulkar’s record as they had scored 137 at the same venue in 2009.
{{/usCountry}}The unbeaten 141-run stand is the second best fifth-wicket stand for India against Australia at home in ODIs. 57.44 % of the partnership runs came off the bat of Kedar Jadhav. The duo surpassed Suresh Raina and Sachin Tendulkar’s record as they had scored 137 at the same venue in 2009.
{{/usCountry}}Also, this is the second-highest stand for any wicket at this venue. Australian Shaun Marsh and Shane Watson top the list after putting together 145 runs for the opening wicket in 2009.