MS Dhoni 33 runs away from reaching historic milestone; will join Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar in elite list timesnownews.com

The 'finisher' MS Dhoni was on the task on Saturday as India chased down a target of 237 runs despite losing 4 wickets before even reaching the 100-run mark. His unbeaten 59-run knock was duly complemented by Kedar Jadhav's 81-not out as the Men in Blue pulled the team 1-0 up by claiming a win in the first ODI by 6 wickets. Considering the sort of form Dhoni is in, he would back himself to add 33 more runs to the overall tally and join Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar among a total of 5 Indians to amass 17,0000 runs across all formats in international cricket. The year 2019 has seen Dhoni in extraordinary form, especially against Australia. Having bagged three back-to-back half-centuries in the ODI series during India's tour Down Under, the former Ranchi-born wicket-keeper batsman bagged his fourth consecutive in the format against the Aussies in Hyderabad on Saturday. The tally of runs this year, sees him sit on a Don Bradman-esque average of 150.50.