Calcutta/Chennai: Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday completed the coveted landmark of 100 International half-centuries across all three formats with an innings of 79 against Australia in the first ODI.

The 36-year-old Dhoni is now the 13th cricketer in the history of international cricket to complete a century of 50s.

Among Indians, he is the fourth after Sachin Tendulkar (164), Rahul Dravid (146) and Sourav Ganguly (107).

It was Dhoni's 66th ODI half-century in his 302nd one- dayers, apart from 33 in 90 Tests and one in 78 T20 Internationals.

Dhoni now has 9737 runs in ODIs and requires 263 more runs to complete the 10,000-run milestone.

Dhoni's ODI average in Chennai is 100.25. He has 401 runs from six innings including two not outs. He has two centuries and a fifty at the venue. His strike rate in Chennai is 161.53.

DHONI’S 50S

1st: 56 vs Zim (Harare)  Aug. 2005 (ODI)  

25th: 50* vs Pak (Calcutta) Nov. 2007 (Test) 
50th: 72 vs SL  (Rajkot)  Dec. 2009 (ODI)
75th: 54* vs Pak (Calcutta) Jan. 2013 (ODI)

100th: 79 vs Aus (Chennai) Sept. 2017 (ODI)
Mohandas Menon