Dhoni set for 300 as India aim to continue winning run

TIL Desk Sports/ Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be cynosure of all eyes as he gears up for his 300th ODI with a marauding India ready to tighten the noose around beleaguered Sri Lanka in the penultimate encounter of the five-match series, in Colombo, on Thursday.

This will be a good opportunity for the former India captain to come up with a memorable performance in his landmark game since Sri Lanka have hardly posed any sort of challenge in the lop-sided series.

Considered one of the greatest finishers in 50-overs cricket, Dhoni will join India’s elite ‘Club 300’, which has Sachin Tendulkar (463), Rahul Dravid (344), Mohammed Azharuddin (334), Sourav Ganguly (311) and Yuvraj Singh (304).Dhoni has been in good form in the series, having played a significant role in bailing out the team in back-to-back tricky chases following top order batting collapses.

The unbeaten knocks of 45 and 67 under pressure is a proof that he is still not finished and his eyes are firmly set on the 50-over World Cup in 2019. From being a world class finisher to playing a second fiddle to Rohit Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dhoni has added another dimension to his game.