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 |
