TEST PERFORMANCE

TEST PERFORMANCE:

Test career records by opposition
#	Opponents	Matches	Runs	Average	High Score	100s	50s	Catches	Stumpings
1	Australia	8	448	34.46	92	0	4	18	6
2	Bangladesh	2	104	104.00	51*	0	1	6	1
3	England	8	397	33.08	92	0	4	24	3
4	New Zealand	2	155	77.50	56*	0	2	11	1
5	Pakistan	5	323	64.60	148	1	2	9	1
6	South Africa	5	218	27.25	52	0	1	6	1
7	Sri Lanka	6	363	60.50	110	2	1	15	1
8	West Indies	4	168	24.00	69	0	1	13	4
Total		40	2176	40.29	148	3	16	102	18

TEST CENTURIES:

Test centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	Stadium	City/Country	Year
1	148	5	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad, Pakistan	2006
2	110	38	Sri Lanka	Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad, India	2009
3	100*	40	Sri Lanka	Brabourne Stadium	Mumbai, India	2009

MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD:

S No	Opponent	Venue	Season	Match Performance
1	Australia	Mohali	2008	92 & 68*

TEST RECORDS:

Dhoni's maiden century against Pakistan in Faisalabad (148) is the fastest century scored by an Indian wicket keeper. Only three centuries by two players (Kamran Akmal and Adam Gilchrist - 2) were faster than Dhoni's 93 ball century.

Under Dhoni's captainship, India defeated Australia by 320 runs on 21st Oct'08, biggest ever win in terms of runs for India.

Dhoni holds the record for most catches by an Indian player in an innings. He achieved this feat by taking six catches during the first innings of the third test against New Zealand in Wellington in April 2009.

Dhoni also equalled Syed Kirmani's record for most dismissals in an innings by an Indian wicket-keeper. Syed Kirmani has effected 6 dismissals (5 catches and 1 stumping) against New Zealand in 1976. Dhoni now has equalled that record for most dismissals with 6 dismissals (all 6 catches) against New Zealand in 2009.

Dhoni currently ranks third in the all-time dismissals list by Indian wicket-keepers. With the six dismissals in the first innings of the Test match against New Zealand in Auckland,April 2009, Dhoni has now been involved in 109 dismissals. The following is the list of top five Indian wicket-keepers, in terms of all-time dismissals in test matches: Syed Kirmani (198 dismissals), Kiran More (130 dismissals), Dhoni (109 dismissals), Nayan Mongia (107 dismissals) & Farokh Engineer (82 dismissals).

Dhoni is now the second wicketkeeper to have effected 6 dismissals in an innings apart from a fifty in each innings of a Test match. Denis Lindsay had accomplished the feat for South Africa against Australia at Johannesburg in December 1966 - 69 & 182 and 6 ct. + 2 ct.

Under Dhoni's captaincy, India reached their highest test score of 726-9 (decl) during Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009. Their 2-0 victory in the series took them to the number 1 ranking in Test cricket for the first time in history.

Under Dhoni's captaincy, India has never lost a test match till date.