Most not-outs while chasing in ODI
| Player | Not-Outs | Chasing innings | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS Dhoni (IND) | 50 | 145 | 51.04 |
| Mohammed Azharuddin (IND) | 37 | 157 | 37.24 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 36 | 162 | 65.10 |
| Jonty Rhodes (SA) | 35 | 105 | 36.05 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) | 34 | 151 | 40.99 |
| Jacques Kallis (SA) | 34 | 158 | 44.95 |
| Shaun Pollock (SA) | 33 | 91 | 29.56 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga(SL) | 33 | 143 | 34.89 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) | 32 | 120 | 33.62 |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 32 | 153 | 41.93 |
Key Insights on Most Not-Outs While Chasing in ODI Cricket
Record holders for most unbeaten ODI chases
MS Dhoni holds the record for most not-outs while finishing second in ODI cricket, with 50 unbeaten innings.
Dhoni has also not stayed out most of the time in overall ODI cricket, with 84 undefeated matches to his name.
India finished on the winning side 94 percent of the ODI carried out chases that Dhoni did not miss. He remained undefeated 47 successful pursuits.
Muttiah Muralitharan has remained undefeated in the most failed ODI chases, with 22 such innings for Sri Lanka.
Mushfiqur Rahim didn’t stay outside 21 innings during the Bangladesh chase, the most by a batsman on home soil in ODIs.
Dhoni, on the other hand, did not stay away 31 times in overseas conditions, the most by a batsman in away ODI chases.
Unbeaten fifty-plus scores in successful ODI chases
Virat Kohli has scored the most unbeaten centuries (14+) and over fifty scores (28+) in ODI chases.
All of Kohli’s hundreds helped India chase down targets successfully, albeit only An of his fifties ended in loss.
Jacques Kallis is the other batter with more than 20 unbeaten scores of over fifty in chases in ODIs, winning all of them. Discover the records of Jacques Kallis here.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul has achieved the most unbeaten scores of over fifty in failed ODI chases, with four such blows for the West Indies. Three of them were centuries, again most by seizure.
Openers carrying their bat while chasing in ODIs
Saeed Anwar (Pakistan), Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa), Alec Stewart (England), Javed Omar (Bangladesh), Azhar Ali (Pakistan), and Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka) are the openers who carried their bats (remained unbeaten) while chasing in ODIs.
Although five attempts by these batters were in vain, Anwar is undefeated 103 ended in a draw against Zimbabwe as Pakistan failed to give chase 220 in the 1995 Harare ODI.
Perfect success rate in ODI chases
More than 60 batters I didn’t stay outside 20 or more chases in ODIs. Among them, Yuvraj Singh (27), John Morgan (24), Mohammed Yousuf (23), JP Duminy (22), Desmond Haynes (20) And Viv Richards (20) remained undefeated 100 percent of the pursuits their teams won.
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