It was a surprise for cricket fans around the world as Indian's most loved player MS Dhoni decided to step up as the captain and lead India for the 200th time during the Asia Cup Super 4 encounter 2018 against Afganistan. After Ponting (230) and Stephen Fleming (218), Dhoni has become the third player to captain in 200 ODIs.
Having captained India in 200 ODIs, let's take a look at Dhoni's career, right from dominating in the international cricket to playing some unforgettable knocks as the undisputed best finisher, especially in ODIs.
| Format | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied | NRs | Won% |
| Test | 60 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 45.00 |
| ODIs | 199 | 110 | 74 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 55.28 |
| T20s | 72 | 41 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 56.94 |
| Total | 331 | 178 | 120 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 53.78 |
One of the major highlight of Dhoni's career is captaining India in a total of 331 matches, which is the most by any player across all the formats of the game. During the T20 against Zimbabwe in 2016, Dhoni went past Australian veteran's Ricky Ponting's tally of 324 matches. After Ponting, Dhoni is the second only player on the list with 110 ODI wins as captain.
Dhoni's record as batsman (captain)
| Span | Matches | Runs | Highest Score | Bat Av | 100s | Ct/St | SR |
| 2007-2018 | 200 | 6633 | 139* | 53.92 | 6 | 256 | 86.29 |