Most ODI Runs By Indians; MS Dhoni overtakes Yuvraj Singh

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a match-winning knock against West Indies to seal a place in the quarter final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. India were struggling at 78 for 4 when MS Dhoni came in to bat. Dhoni, along with Ravichandran Ashwin batted very carefully and steered India to a 4-wicket victory.

Dhoni, during his match winning knock of 45 runs, went pass Yuvraj Singh in the list of most ODI runs by Indians. Dhoni has now scored 8,343 runs in ODI cricket, 14 more than Yuvraj Singh’s 8,329. Only four Indian batsmen are ahead of Dhoni in the list of most runs in ODIs; Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Azharrudin.

Most ODI runs by Indians (top ten)

Player	Matches	Runs	Highest Score	Avg.	SR	100s	50s
Sachin Tendulkar	463	18426	200*	44.83	86.2	49	96
Sourav Ganguly	311	11363	183	41.02	73.7	22	72
Rahul Dravid	344	10889	153	39.17	71.2	12	83
Mohammad Azharuddin	334	9378	153*	36.92	74.0	7	58
MS Dhoni	258	8343	183*	52.14	89.0	9	56
Yuvraj Singh	293	8329	139	36.37	87.2	13	51
Virender Sehwag	251	8273	219	35.06	104.3	15	38
Virat Kohli	154	6451	183	52.02	89.9	22	33
Ajay Jadeja	196	5359	119	37.48	69.8	6	30
Gautam Gambhir	147	5238	150*	39.68	85.3	11	34