records of dada

* Second fastest player to reach 10,000, 11,000 ODI runs
* Fastest to reach multiples of 7,000, 8,000, 9,000 ODI Runs
* Hold the record of most 200+ ODI partnerships (6 times) along with Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
* Holds the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for most 1st wicket ODI partnerships of 175+ runs (7 times).
* Holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the second highest score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI — 183, against Sri Lanka in 1999.
* Held the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for the highest first wicket partnership for India in a ODI match, 258, against Kenya in 2001. This record was bettered by Sri Lankan opening pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006 at Headingley.
* Was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid.
* Sixth on the all time list with 31 man of the match awards.
* He is also the only player to win 4 consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs.
* India's most successful ODI captain.
* First Indian to score a ODI century against Australia in Australia.
* Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997.
* Second highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1998.
* Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1999.
* Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 2000.
* Second highest ODI runs scorer for India (in a calendar year) in 2001.
* Second highest ODI runs scorer for India (in a calendar year) in 2002.
* Third highest ODI runs scorer for India (in a calendar year) in 2003.
* Third highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 2004.
* Third in the list of hitting maximum number of sixes in ODIs.
* Second in the list of highest number of centuries in a single calendar year ever. 7 centuries in 2000.