Quiz: How well did you follow MS Dhoni and his international centuries?

M.S.D. Emotions galore as his name comes up. However, he is one of the most disconnected and unbothered men when it comes to showing or displaying emotions. Or else who would that too after knowing people’s love for him, bid goodbye to the game the way he did? No fanfare, no farewell. Just an Instagram post, a 4-minute video showing all his highs and lows, and 16 words of the caption underneath.

After 16 years of international cricket, after 16 years of winning hearts both on and off the field, after 16 years of uncountable successful moments, he left like a gentle breeze. However, after Dhoni’s unpredictable exit from Tests in 2014 and an equally unanticipated move of leaving the ODI captaincy in 2017, such a move was not unexpected. That is how he was and he always has been.

In his glorious international career, there was barely anything that Dhoni did not achieve as a captain. He took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 after debuting in 2004. MS holds a host of captaincy records: most wins for an Indian captain ODIs and T20Is, most back-to-back wins by an Indian captain in ODIs, second-most matches as a captain in ODI, while most in T20I and international cricket overall, to name a few. His biggest triumphs have been the 2007 World T20, 2010 Asia Cup, 2011 World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy.

Even though his numbers as a batsman do not appear daunting at first sight, they look monstrous when looked at considering the fact he was predominantly a No. 6 or 7 batsman. Over the years, many greats of the game have opined how staggering his number would have been, had he been batting where a Sachin Tendulkar did, or a Virat Kohli does. And his numbers while batting up the order only cements this hypothesis. Dhoni averages 82.75 in 16 innings that he has played at No. 3 in ODIs.

He only has 16 international centuries whereas a whopping 108 half-centuries. Terrible conversion? That could be again attributed to where he batted his entire life. When did he have the time apart from those 16 occasions that he could convert his inning into a hundred? That he could play without the pressure of slog overs or else a reeling scoreboard?

Well, never mind all of that. He has 16 centuries. How many of those do you remember? CricTracker brings you the challenge fellas! Go on and tell us how well you remember Mahi’s triple-figure knocks in international cricket. And no googling… Do we need to tell that? Happy quizzing.

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