MS Dhoni

Middle-order batter, India, 86 Tests, 2005-2014. Debut v Sri Lanka, 2005

37.9Adjusted average, 65th of 143 batters. Raw 38.6, so −0.7 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 31.6 to 45.

Where the −0.7 comes from

The bowling he faced−0.6

Home or away−0.6

The grounds+0.5

Value per innings: 46.440th
Each run worth: 1.34×
At home, adjusted: 40.1raw 48.3
Away, adjusted: 37.2raw 31.3

Head to head with C Green His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

62OJ PopeEngland38.4 63Azhar AliPakistan38.1 64C GreenAustralia37.9

65MS DhoniIndia37.9

66Q de KockSouth Africa37.9 67F du PlessisSouth Africa37.6 68AK MarkramSouth Africa37.4

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

C GreenAustralia37.9Head to head Q de KockSouth Africa37.9Head to head Azhar AliPakistan38.1Head to head F du PlessisSouth Africa37.6Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2005	2	63	49	31.50	0	0	76.8
2006	17	488	148	28.71	1	1	75.2
2007	13	468	92	52.00	0	5	67.8
2008	19	633	92	35.17	0	6	52.5
2009	6	369	110	92.25	2	2	59.2
2010	19	749	132	41.61	1	4	55.5
2011	21	511	144	26.89	1	3	58.1
2012	13	447	99	40.64	0	5	49.2
2013	12	459	224	45.90	1	0	72.4
2014	17	534	82	33.38	0	5	54.4
Career	139	4721	224	38.07	6	31	59.0

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

37.3

Value / inns

46.4

Volume

Runs

4721

Average

38.07

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

16.2

Strike rate

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

32.84

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
England	35	1088	32.97	0
Australia	33	990	35.36	1
South Africa	20	647	34.05	1
New Zealand	13	599	54.45	0
West Indies	19	476	26.44	1
Sri Lanka	9	405	50.62	2
Pakistan	6	323	64.60	1
Bangladesh	4	193	96.50	0

Home & away

Home

46.35bat avg

40.1adjusted

—bowl avg

Away

32.84bat avg

37.2adjusted

—bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	39	1574	43.72
2nd	47	1853	41.18
3rd	34	870	29.00
4th	19	424	32.62

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia11 & 24Melbourne Cricket Ground2014-12-26 v Australia33 & 0Brisbane Cricket Ground2014-12-17 v England82 & 0The Oval2014-08-15 v England71 & 27Old Trafford2014-08-07 v England50 & 6The Rose Bowl, Southampton2014-07-27 v England1 & 19Lord's2014-07-17 v England82 & 11Trent Bridge2014-07-09 v New Zealand680/5Basin Reserve, Wellington2014-02-14 v New Zealand10 & 39Eden Park, Auckland2014-02-06 v South Africa24 & 15Kingsmead, Durban2013-12-26

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 139
Not outs: 15
Runs: 4721
Average: 38.07
Strike rate: 59.0
Highest: 224
Hundreds: 6
Fifties: 31
Ducks: 10

Wickets: 0
Average: —
Economy: 4.19
Strike rate: —
Best: —
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 96