Figure out captain cool Dhoni's Test career!

Mahendra Singh Dhoni hits out. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s retirement will leave a huge void in Indian cricket. The right-hander made quite an impact with the bat lower down the order and also excelled as the captain in Test cricket in what proved to be an impressive career in the longer format.

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Dhoni finished as the most successful Indian skipper with 27 wins from 60 Tests for a success percentage of 45.

The only blemish was India's poor overseas record under his captaincy, with just six wins from 30 matches as compared to 21 wins from the same number of matches at home.

Dhoni was a very handy batsman down the order and was capable of changing the course of a match in a matter of a few overs. The right-hander finished with a healthy batting record of 4876 runs in 90 Tests at an average of 38, while accounting for 256 catches and 38 stumpings behind the wickets.

Rajneesh Gupta presents detailed statistical analysis of Dhoni’s record in Test cricket:

CAPTAINCY RECORD:

Country	Mts	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win%
v Australia	13	4	8	1	30.76
v Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	100.00
v England	15	3	9	3	20.00
v New Zealand	9	4	1	4	44.44
v South Africa	8	3	3	2	37.50
v Sri Lanka	6	3	1	2	50.00
v West Indies	8	5	0	3	62.50
Home	30	21	3	6	70.00
Away	30	6	15	9	20.00
Total	60	27	18	15	45.00

BATTING RECORD:

Performance against each country:

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s
v Australia	19	990	224	35.35	60.29	1	5	2
v Bangladesh	3	193	89	96.50	70.95	0	2	0
v England	21	1157	99	33.05	51.42	0	12	5
v New Zealand	9	599	98	54.45	59.36	0	6	0
v Pakistan	5	323	148	64.60	73.91	1	2	0
v South Africa	12	647	132*	34.05	55.96	1	2	1
v Sri Lanka	9	491	110	49.10	65.72	2	2	0
v West Indies	12	476	144	26.44	64.67	1	2	2
Home	42	2380	224	45.76	59.55	5	15	3
Away	48	2496	148	32.84	58.68	1	18	7
TOTAL	90	4876	224	38.09	59.11	6	33	10

Performance in each country:

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s
in Australia	9	311	57*	19.43	46.34	0	1	2
in Bangladesh	3	193	89	96.50	70.95	0	2	0
in England	12	778	92	37.04	54.40	0	8	3
in India	42	2380	224	45.76	59.55	5	15	3
in New Zealand	4	:272	68	54.40	60.44	0	3	0
in Pakistan	3	179	148	59.66	89.05	1	0	0
in South Africa	7	370	90	28.46	63.03	0	1	1
in Sri Lanka	3	128	76	32.00	58.18	0	1	0
in West Indies	7	265	74	22.08	62.79	0	2	1

Performance in each match innings:

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s
1st match innings	41	1609	144	42.34	60.53	2	13	1
2nd match innings	49	1917	224	41.67	59.07	4	11	4
3rd match innings	37	921	90	30.70	58.84	0	8	4
4th match innings	37	429	76*	30.64	54.92	0	1	1

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s
1st team innings	90	3526	224	41.97	59.73	6	24	5
2nd team innings	74	1350	90	30.68	57.54	0	9	5

Performance in WON / LOST/ DRAWN matches:

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s
in WON matches	36	2033	224	48.40	63.35	4	12	2
in DRAWN matches	30	1591	148	39.77	58.36	2	11	3
in LOST matches	24	1252	90	27.21	54.10	0	10	5

Performance at each batting position:

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s
3rd position	2	105	68*	105.00	72.41	0	1	0
5th position	3	54	20	27.00	66.66	0	0	0
6th position	17	1218	224	55.36	59.73	2	8	1
7th position	68	2871	110	30.54	55.96	2	20	8
8th position	11	628	144	69.77	73.53	2	4	1

Performance under each captain:

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s
R Dravid	19	956	148	36.76	72.69	1	6	1
V Sehwag	1	63	49	31.50	76.82	0	0	0
A Kumble	10	403	57	26.86	45.84	0	3	1
MS Dhoni	60	3454	224	40.63	57.82	5	24	8

WICKETKEEPING RECORDS:

Performance against each country:

	Mts	Dis	Ct	St
v Australia	19	71	56	15
v Bangladesh	3	15	12	3
v England	21	67	63	4
v New Zealand	9	33	28	5
v Pakistan	5	10	9	1
v South Africa	12	28	27	1
v Sri Lanka	9	22	21	1
v West Indies	12	48	40	8
Home	42	127	102	25
Away	48	167	154	13
TOTAL	90	294	256	38

Wicket-keeping record in each calendar year:

Year	Mts	Dis	Ct	St
2005	3	6	5	1
2006	12	44	36	8
2007	8	17	14	3
2008	12	31	26	5
2009	5	22	21	1
2010	13	48	41	7
2011	12	50	47	3
2012	8	16	13	3
2013	8	22	16	6
2014	9	38	37	1

Performance in each calendar year:

Year	Mts	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win%
2008	5	4	0	1	80.00
2009	5	3	0	2	60.00
2010	13	7	3	3	53.84
2011	12	3	5	4	25.00
2012	8	3	4	1	37.50
2013	8	6	1	1	75.00
2014	9	1	5	3	11.11

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