Twitter Reactions: MS Dhoni completes 9000 runs in ODIs

Published - 23 Oct 2016, 20:11 IST | Updated - 23 Oct 2016, 20:11 IST

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India’s limited-overs skipper MS Dhoni achieved another milestone during the course of the third ODI match against New Zealand at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali as he completed 9000 runs in ODI cricket.

Dhoni came out to bat at No.4 after the loss of two early wickets and laid the foundation for the chase with Virat Kohli. Coming into the match Dhoni needed 22 more runs to achieve the feat. He hit Mitchell Santner for a six to bring up 9,000 runs in the format.

The 35-year-old achieveD the feat in his 281st ODI match. He is only the 5th Indian to the milestone after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Azharuddin. Overall, he is the 17th player in ODI cricket to score 9000 runs, and the only one with an average over 50.

Before this match, Dhoni has featured in 280 ODIs, had accumulated 8978 runs with 9 hundreds and 60 half centuries.

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India won the toss for the 3rd consecutive time in the ODI series and put the opposition on to bat first. New Zealand managed to post the biggest target of the series of 286, and they started off well with ball dismissing both the openers inside 10 overs.

However, the Kohli-Dhoni duo never allowed the bowlers to settle down and took the match away from the Kiwis. Kohli was dropped way early in the innings by Ross Taylor and as they say, ‘catches win matches’, Kohli made New Zealand pay for the drop. Meanwhile, Dhoni also brought up his 61st fifty in the match.

Here is how the Twitter reacted as MS Dhoni completed 9000 runs in ODIs:

"Hum bole the naa mahiya upar aayega to bahut maarega" ?#WellPlayedCaptain ?#DhoniSushantOnField ??
9000 ODI ?
— Sushant Singh Rajput (@itsSSR) October 23, 2016

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli is constantly showing why are they known as bromance kings.. #indvsnz #IndvNz
— Jaanvi ? (@ThatCricketGurl) October 23, 2016

MS Dhoni is the 6th fastest to 9000 runs in ODIs. The five above him & the five below him all batted in the top 4, most in the top 3.#Legend
— Arjun Ashok (@arj_90) October 23, 2016

Meanwhile MS Dhoni Haters… 😉
RT & Spread To Haters. 😉#INDvsNZ #INDvNZ #DhoniSushantOnField 9000 ODI Runs pic.twitter.com/pOHxDavcwS
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) October 23, 2016

MS Dhoni Celebrating After Becoming 1st Player In World To Score 9000 ODI Runs With Average Of 50+#INDvsNZ #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/X3FFZbswSN
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) October 23, 2016

MS Dhoni, first player to score 9000 ODI runs with an average of over 50. Talk about being best in the business, despite not batting in top.
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) October 23, 2016

The last ODI Century @msdhoni scored was 3 years ago, at the same PCA Stadium in Mohali. And it's the same ground today #IndvsNZ
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) October 23, 2016

196! @msdhoni moves past the legend @sachin_rt to become the one with highest number of 6⃣s! #Dhoni
— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) October 23, 2016

MS Dhoni broke Sachin Tendulkar's record for Most sixies by an Indian in ODIs. #INDvsNz pic.twitter.com/WBxsWQVuAX
— Khurram Siddiquee (@imKhurram12) October 23, 2016

Completing 9000 runs in ODIs with SIX:
Sourav Ganguly
MS Dhoni#INDvNZ
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) October 23, 2016

MS Dhoni 9000 ODI Runs
-3rd Wicket-Keeper
-5th Indian, 17th Overall
-Fastest Wicket-Keeper
-3rd Fastest Indian,6th Overall
-1st With 50+ Avg pic.twitter.com/2aq3KQjXld
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) October 23, 2016

.@msdhoni has now hit more sixes than any other captain in ODIs – goes ahead of Ricky Ponting's tally of 123.#INDvsNZ
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) October 23, 2016

9000+ ODI Runs
50+ Avg
243 innings (least among Indian batsmen, batting mostly at No 6)
LEGEND MS DHONI#INDvsNZ
— Sunil (@akshaykanitkar) October 23, 2016

Away she goes! 9⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ runs for captain @msdhoni! What a fantastic way to achieve the milestone. ?
— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) October 23, 2016

#TeamIndia Captain @msdhoni becomes the 5th Indian to cross 9,000-run mark in ODIs @Paytm ODI Trophy #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/qQnFT6Vqpr
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 23, 2016