Indian wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images], by remaining unbeaten on 77 in the fifth and final one-day international against Pakistan at Karachi on Sunday, got a world record on his name -- at least for the time being.

Dhoni's career batting average at the end of the series stands at 53.95, which is the highest for any batsman having scored at least 1,000 runs in one-day internationals. Dhoni moved ahead of Australia's Michael Bevan [Images].

The following table lists the batsmen with highest career average:

Batsman	For	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
MS Dhoni	Ind	35	31	10	1133	183*	53.95	2	6
M Bevan	Aus	232	196	67	6912	108*	53.58	6	46
Z Abbas	Pak	62	60	6	2572	123	47.62	7	13
V Richards	WI	187	167	24	6721	189*	47.00	11	45
G Turner	NZ	41	40	6	1598	171*	47.00	3	9
M Clarke	Aus	74	67	19	2237	105*	46.60	2	15
G Greenidge	WI	128	127	13	5134	133*	45.03	11	31
R Sarwan	WI	88	83	20	2817	104*	44.71	2	17
D Jones	Aus	164	161	25	6068	145	44.61	7	46
B Dippenaar	SA	94	82	13	3075	125*	44.56	3	24
S Tendulkar	Ind	362	353	33	14146	186*	44.20	39	72
J Kallis	SA	229	219	39	7954	139	44.18	13	56