MS Dhoni enters the illustrious list of batsmen, crosses 10,000 runs in ODI

On Saturday, former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the fifth Indian batsman to score 10,000 ODI runs for India in Sydney during the first ODI match against Australia. MS Dhoni was just one run away from reaching this milestone before the Sydney ODI.

The wicket-keeper batsman had completed his 10,000 runs in ODIs last year in July, but that included 174 runs he scored for Asia XI.

On reaching this milestone, official handle of ICC also praised MS Dhoni by tweeting his photograph.

? 10,000 ODI RUNS FOR INDIA FOR MS DHONI ?

The wicket-keeper batsman becomes the fifth to reach the milestone for his country. ?#AUSvIND LIVE ?https://t.co/cJ0yJS6W8v pic.twitter.com/ezkRGRjCRI

— ICC (@ICC) January 12, 2019

Dhoni becomes the fifth batsman to join the illustrious list, which also includes Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli, who have scored 10,000 runs for India.

In ODI history, apart from Kumar Sangakkara, Dhoni is the 2^nd wicketkeeper/batsman and overall 13^th batsman to cross 10,000 runs mark.

List of batsmen who scored 10,000 runs and more across ODI format:

Player	Matches/Innings	Runs Scored	50/100
Sachin Tendulkar	463/452	18,426	96/49
Kumar Sangakkara	404/380	14,234	93/25
Ricky Ponting	375/365	13,704	82/30
Sanath Jayasuriya	445/433	13,430	68/28
Mahela Jayawardene	448/418	12,650	77/19
Inzamam ul-Haq	378/350	11,739	83/10
Jacques Kallis	328/314	11,579	86/17
Sourav Ganguly	311/300	11,221	72/22
Rahul Dravid	344/318	10,768	83/12
Brian Lara	299/289	10,405	63/19
Tillakaratne Dilshan	330/303	10,290	47/22
Virat Kohli	216/208	10,232	48/38
MS Dhoni	332/281	10,050	67/9

MS Dhoni has scored 9 centuries and 67 fifties for India in one-day internationals. The wicket-keeper is also one of the most successful ODI captains with a World Cup and Champions Trophy under his belt.