Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the fastest player to reach No. 1 position in ICC Ranking. Only 38 innings

Fastest to reach number 1 position in ICC ranking

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the fastest player to reach No 1 position in ODIs. He got there in his 38th innings only.

In April 2006, it was only the 42nd ODI played by Dhoni and his ODI batting numbers at that point read 1372 runs at an average of 52.76 and a strike rate of 103. He scored those runs with the help of two tons and eight fifties across 38 innings. In that way he became the fastest player to reach No 1 position in ODI history.

There are very few players who has shown the maturity and calmness on and off the cricket field like Mahendra Singh Dhoni. While leading the team Dhoni rarely has any controversy around him. He was always known as mister reachable in the Indian cricket team. In the year 2006 Dhoni reached to no. 1 spot in just 38 ODI innings. This is still a world record of fastest player to reach No 1 position , but due to his varying batting positions he lost his no.1 spot in a really short time.

From 2008 to 2015, Dhoni remained in the top 10 list and was number 1 ODI player in year 2008 and 2009.

Dhoni odi ranking year wise, fastest player to reach No 1 position

Number one Player’s ODI Points year wise

Notable Achievements by MS Dhoni in one day cricket

1. Highest individual score by an Indian wicket-keeper batsman: Dhoni scored 183* against Sri Lanka in 2005, which is the highest individual score by an Indian wicket-keeper batsman in ODIs. Dhoni is fastest player to reach No 1 position.
2. Most not-outs in ODIs: Dhoni holds the record for most not-outs in ODIs, with 84 not-outs.
3. Only captain to win all three major ICC trophies: Dhoni is the first and only captain to win all three major ICC trophies: the ICC World Twenty20 (2007), the ICC Cricket World Cup (2011), and the ICC Champions Trophy (2013).
4. Most international matches as captain in ODIs: Dhoni has played a total of 332 matches as captain, which is a combined record of Tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs), and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), surpassing the previous record held by Australian great Ricky Ponting, who captained in 324 matches.
5. Most stumpings in One Day International: MS Dhoni holds the record for inflicting most number of stumpings in international cricket In 350 matches, Dhoni has 123 stumpings to his name. He is also the only wicket-keeper to have inflicted 100 international stumpings in his career.

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