MS Dhoni fourth fastest to score 8000 runs

Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the fourth fastest to reach 8000 runs in Hamilton en route his knock in the Fifth One Day International (ODI).

Dhoni is also the third wicketkeeper to score 8,000 runs in ODIs. Sri Lanka’s wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara has 12,116 runs as of January 31, 2014. Retired Australian Adam Gilchrist is second on the list with 9,619 runs in ODIs.

Virat Kohli is the next batsmen after Dhoni in the all-time list of the leading run-scorers in ODIs for India. The Indian vice-captain had 5,363 runs before the start of the fifth ODI. Ajay Jadeja is next with 5,359 runs and Gautam Gambhir is 10th India on the list with 5,238 runs.