Mahendra Singh Dhoni gets special plaudits from Sachin Tendulkar for unique record

Chennai: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at that stage of his career, where he breaks new records with every step that he takes.

The former India captain, on Sunday, became only the fourth Indian cricketer to score a century of 50s in international cricket.

Dhoni’s crucial knock of 79 from 88 balls helped India get to a reasonable total of 281-7 from their quota of 50 overs. They were struggling at 64-4 when Dhoni came in to bat.

The 36-year-old has scored 33 of these centuries in Test cricket, while scoring 66 half-centuries in ODIs and one in T20I.

This, however, is not the only time that Dhoni crossed a memorable century mark in his career. The Indian wicket-keeper batsman completed his 100th stumping in international cricket against Sri Lanka, last month.

Such feats not only push one towards greatness, but also attract a lot of plaudits from other legends of the game.

Similarly, Dhoni received a rather special appreciation from one of the biggest legends of the game, Sachin Tendulkar.