Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Under Mahendra Singh Dhoni captaincy India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty-Twenty, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
(2) His highest ODI score of 183 was against Sri Lanka in 2005.
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1&2
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- On 15th August 2020, Former Indian Cricket Team Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirement from International Cricket.
- Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty-Twenty, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
- Under him, India reached No.1 in Tests in the ICC rankings in 2009.
- Across a distinguished 16-year career, he scored 10,773 ODI runs at 50.57 with 10 centuries.
- His highest ODI score of 183 came against Sri Lanka in 2005.
- He also featured in 98 T20Is, the most by any Indian, between 2006 and 2019, scoring 1617 runs at 37.60.
- He has scored 4876 runs at 38.09 in 90 Tests.
- Dhoni is one of only five Indians to join the 10,000-run club in ODIs.
- Behind the wickets, he ended as the third-most successful international wicket-keeper ever (829 dismissals), and the only one to record over 100 ODI stumpings.
- In all, he captained India in 200 ODIs, maintaining a win-percentage of 59.52.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay