On This Day: MS Dhoni thrills Jaipur crowd with 183 against Sri Lanka - India Today

On October 31, 2005, MS Dhoni delivered one of the finest performances of his ODI career, scoring a remarkable 183 off 145 balls against Sri Lanka at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium. This innings, which included 15 fours and 10 sixes, was particularly impressive as Dhoni was still relatively new to the international stage, having played for India for less than a year.

Coming in at No.3 after the early dismissal of Sachin Tendulkar, Dhoni started his innings cautiously before accelerating, ultimately leading India to chase down the 299-run target with 23 balls remaining and securing a 3-0 lead in the seven-match series. Dhoni's 183 became the highest individual score by a wicketkeeper-batter in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 172 set by Adam Gilchrist in 2004 against Zimbabwe in Hobart. 1⃣8⃣3⃣* Runs 1⃣4⃣5⃣ Balls 1⃣5⃣ Fours 1⃣0⃣ Sixes #OnThisDay in 2005, @msdhoni went berserk against Sri Lanka to notch up his highest ODI score. 🔥 👏 💪 👍 #TeamIndia Watch that sensational innings 🎥 🔽 pic.twitter.com/FgMEhzmXet — BCCI (@BCCI) October 31, 2021

This record has stood strong for 18 years, with South Africa’s Quinton de Kock coming close on multiple occasions. De Kock made scores of 174 against Bangladesh (Mumbai, 2023) and 178 against Australia (Centurion, 2016) and also scored an unbeaten 168 against Bangladesh (Kimberley, 2017), but Dhoni’s record remains unbroken. Bangladesh's Litton Das also came close in March 2020, with a 176-run knock against Zimbabwe in Sylhet.

Dhoni’s 183 also set the record for the highest individual score in a successful run chase, a milestone later surpassed by Shane Watson’s 185 off 96 balls against Bangladesh in the 2011 World Cup at Mirpur. Dhoni, who remains one of cricket’s greatest wicketkeeper-batters, retired with 17,266 runs in 538 international matches, averaging 44.96, with 16 centuries and 108 fifties to his name.

MS Dhoni would remember his knock when he had gone to Jaipur with CSK for a match against RR in IPL 2023. Dhoni called the Sawai Mansingh stadium as a special venue and claimed the 183 had given him an extra one year in the team.Â

"This is a very special venue, my first ODI hundred in Vizag gave me 10 games but the 183 I made here gave me another one year. It was great to be back here," Dhoni told the broadcaster.

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