Is he the next Adam Gilchrist
Is Dhoni the next Gilchrist
The powerhouse of the Indian cricket team the Wicket Keeper Batsman smashed Lankan bowlers all round the park as he scored 183 of 145 ball which had 15 fours and 10 sixers to race past the Sri Lankan score of 298.
On the way he washed away some of the records, he now holds the highest score by a wicket keeper in the world for a single innings going past Gilchrist’s 172. Highest no. of sixes in a match by a wicket keeper 10.
He narrowly missed some of unique world records, like highest individual score of 194 by Saeed Anwar, highest no. of sixes in a match 11 held by Jayasuriya & Afridi.
Highest score by an Indian in an one-day match Sachin 186.
Dhoni got into the limelight after his destructive innings against Pakistan where he scored 145 at an aggressive rate to help India pile a score of 359 which they won by 45 runs.
With Dhoni’s batting & wicket improving day by day to match world class wicket keeping all-rounders the question mark that lies in everybodies mind is that is he the next Gilchrist of Indian cricket.
Just 24 years old already has played some memorable innings, in the contemporary cricket his cricket rivals are Mark Boucher, Kumara Sangakarra, Adam Gilchrist.
It has to be seen how this young lad proceeds with his intial success, he his yet to make a mark in thest version before he can compared with the likes of Adam Gilchrist.
Wishing the young lad all the best for the future to bring much more entertaining moments in Cricket.