2 hours before 37th birthday, Dhoni enters record books

Exactly 2 hours before Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s 37th birthday, he entered the club of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, becoming only the third Indian to play 500 international matches during the second T20I against England at Cardiff.

Exactly 2 hours before Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s 37^th birthday, he entered the club of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, becoming only the third Indian to play 500 international matches during the second T20I against England at Cardiff.

Sachin Tendulkar (664) is the most capped Indian player followed by Rahul Dravid, who has played 509 international matches

This T20 International is Dhoni's 92nd in the shortest format.

This apart, the former India captain has played 90 Test matches and 318 One Day Internationals.

In 90 Tests, he had scored 4876 runs with six hundreds and 33 half centuries before calling it a day.

In the 318 ODIs, he has so far scored 9967 runs with 10 tons and 67 half tons.

In the 91 T20's before the current match, he had scored 1455 runs with two half centuries.

In 499 international matches so far, he has taken 602 catches and effected 178 stumpings.