Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
the mister cool in Indian cricket makes a new world record today in ODI
cricket. The former Indian captain MS Dhoni has become the first
wicket keeper in the ODI cricket history after making the 100th stumping
today during the fifth match against Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium in
Colombo on Sunday and he overtaken the former Sreelankan player Kumar
Sangakkara's record of 99.
M.S.Dhoni reached this record in his 301st ODI
match when he stumped Akila Dananjaya. This was his 97th stumping
in India blues, while the remaining three having come while representing an
Asia XI in 2007. SriLankan wicketkeeper cum batsman Kumar Sangakkara retired in
2015 with 99 stumpings to his credit in an ODI career that he started in 2000.
At third in the all time ODI history is Sri Lankan Romesh Kaluwitharana with
75, followed by Pakistan's Moin Khan with 73 and Australian Adam
Gilchrist with 55.
M.S.Dhoni's record looks to be beaten in
future by some active cricketers; the next best after him is Mushfiqur
Rahim of Bangladesh with 40 stumpings in 176 ODIs. Among the 100 stumpings
by Dhoni, the 19 where during the bowling of Harbhajan Singh which is followed
by Ravindra Jadeja, off whom he has done 15 stumpings and it also followed by
14 off R Ashwin. Kumar Sangakkara remains the most successful wicketkeeper in
ODI cricket, with a total of 482 dismissals which consists of 383 catches and
99 stumpings. Dhoni is second with 381 which include 281 catches and 100
stumpings.