By remaining unbeaten on 77,Dhoni lifted his career batting average to 53.95, which is the highest for any batsman having scored at least 1,000 runs in one-day internationals. Dhoni moved ahead of Australia's Michael Bevan.
Highest career average in ODIs:
(Min.1000 runs)
Batsman For Mts Runs Hs Avg 100 50
MS Dhoni Ind 35 1133 183* 53.95 2 6
M Bevan Aus 232 6912 108* 53.58 6 46
Z Abbas Pak 62 2572 123 47.62 7 13
V Richards WI 187 6721 189* 47.00 11 45
G Turner NZ 41 1598 171* 47.00 3 9
M Clarke Aus 74 2237 105* 46.60 2 15
G Greenidge WI 128 5134 133* 45.03 11 31
R Sarwan WI 88 2817 104* 44.71 2 17
D Jones Aus 164 6068 145 44.61 7 46
B Dippenaar SA 94 3075 125* 44.56 3 24
S Tendulkar Ind 362 14146 186* 44.20 39 72
J Kallis SA 229 7954 139 44.18 13 56
Dhoni took only 56 balls to score his unbeaten 77. At the end of Karachi ODI, his career strike-rate stands at 108.73 (runs per 100 balls), which is the highest for any batsman in the history of ODIs. Dhoni displaced Pakistan's Shahid Afridi from the top position in the list of batsmen with highest career strike rate. Interestingly Dhoni is the only one in the following list to also maintain an average of 50-plus.
Highest career strike-rate in ODIs
(Min.1000 runs)
Batsman For Mts Runs Hs SR Avg 100
MS Dhoni Ind 35 1133 183* 108.73 53.95 2
Shahid Afridi Pak 219 4819 109 108.51 23.97 4
IDS Smith NZ 98 1055 62* 99.43 17.29 0
V Sehwag Ind 141 4220 130 97.82 32.21 7
RL Powell WI 109 2085 124 96.66 24.82 1
AC Gilchrist Aus 234 7985 172 96.37 36.46 14
Kapil Dev Ind 225 3783 175* 95.07 23.79 1
A Symonds Aus 141 3491 156 92.01 37.94 4
IVA Richards WI 187 6721 189* 90.20 47.00 11
L Klusener SA 171 3576 103* 89.91 41.10 2
A Flintoff Eng 98 2601 123 89.75 35.14 3
ST Jayasuriya SL 354 10512 189 89.06 31.85 19
N Boje SA 115 1414 129 88.70 26.67 2
Wasim Akram Pak 356 3717 86 88.28 16.52 0
MJ Clarke Aus 74 2237 105* 87.55 46.60 2
Yuvraj Singh Ind 142 3781 139 86.14 34.68 6
AB Agarkar Ind 155 1123 95 85.98 16.51 0
SR Tendulkar Ind 362 14146 186* 85.98 44.20 39
