Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] became only the second Indian wicketkeeper after Rahul Dravid [Images] to score a century in one-day internationals when he notched up a blazing 148 in the second match at Visakhapatnam [Images] on Tuesday.

Dhoni's innings is the third highest by a wicketkeeper in the shorter version of the game. Australia's Adam Gilchrist [Images] occupies the first two places.

The previous highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper was 145 by Rahul Dravid against Sri Lanka [Images] at Taunton in the 1999 World Cup.

Dhoni's innings is also the highest ever played by any wicketkeeper batsman against Pakistan beating Alec Stewart's and Gilchrist's 103 in 1992 and 1998 respectively.

The previous highest score by a 'genuine' Indian wicketkeeper was 94 not out by Sameer Dighe against West Indies [Images] at Harare in 2001.

Centuries by wicket-keepers in ODIs:

#	Keeper	Runs	BF	SR	For	Vs	Venue	Date
1	AC Gilchrist	172	126	136.51	Aus	Zim	Hobart	16-01-2004
2	AC Gilchrist	154	129	119.38	Aus	SL	Melbourne	07-02-1999
3	MS Dhoni	148	123	120.32	Ind	Pak	Visakhapatnam	05-04-2005
4	A Flower	145	164	88.41	Zim	Ind	Colombo RPS	14-09-2002
5	R Dravid	145	129	112.40	Ind	SL	Taunton	26-05-1999
6	KO Obuya	144	146	98.63	Ken	Ban	Nairobi (Gym)	10-10-1997
7	A Flower	142*	128	110.94	Zim	Eng	Harare	07-10-2001
8	DL Houghton	142	137	103.65	Zim	NZ	Hyderabad (I)	10-10-1987
9	AC Gilchrist	131	118	111.02	Aus	SL	Sydney (SCG)	13-01-1999
10	AC Gilchrist	128	98	130.61	Aus	NZ	Christchurch	26-02-2000
11	Kamran Akmal	124	125	99.20	Pak	WI	Brisbane	19-01-2005
12	AC Gilchrist	124	104	119.23	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	15-12-2002
13	A Flower	120*	141	85.11	Zim	SL	Sharjah	21-10-2000
14	KO Obuya	120	137	87.59	Ken	Ban	Dhaka	24-03-1999
15	AC Gilchrist	118	117	100.85	Aus	NZ	Christchurch	08-02-1998
16	AJ Stewart	116	111	104.50	Eng	Ind	Sharjah	11-12-1997
17	A Flower	115*	152	75.66	Zim	SL	New Plymouth	23-02-1992
18	AC Gilchrist	111	104	106.73	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	12-11-2003
19	R Dravid	109*	124	87.90	Ind	WI	Ahmedabad (GS)	15-11-2002
20	AC Parore	108	95	113.68	NZ	SA	Centurion	11-12-1994
21	AC Gilchrist	105	104	100.96	Aus	SA	Durban	03-04-2002
22	R Dravid	104	93	111.83	Ind	UAE	Dambulla	16-07-2004
23	KJ Wadsworth	104	98	106.12	NZ	Aus	Christchurch	31-03-1974
24	R Dravid	103*	124	83.06	Ind	WI	Kallang	08-09-1999
25	AC Gilchrist	103	104	99.04	Aus	Pak	Lahore [Images] (Gd.)	10-11-1998
26	AJ Stewart	103	145	71.03	Eng	Pak	The Oval	22-05-1992
27	RS Kaluwitharana	102*	117	87.18	SL	Eng	Colombo (SSC)	27-03-2001
28	KC Sangakkara	101	110	91.82	SL	Aus	Colombo RPS	27-02-2004
29	AJ Stewart	101	144	70.14	Eng	Zim	Edgbaston	18-07-2000
30	AJ Stewart	100*	147	68.03	Eng	WI	Trent Bridge	20-07-2000
31	RS Kaluwitharana	100*	89	112.36	SL	Ken	Nairobi (Gym)	28-09-1996
32	AC Gilchrist	100	104	96.15	Aus	SA	Sydney (SCG)	26-01-1998

Highest scores by Indian wicket-keepers in ODIs:

Keeper	Runs	BF	SR	For	Vs	Venue	Date
MS Dhoni	148	123	120.32	Ind	Pak	Visakhapatnam	05-04-2005
R Dravid	145	129	112.40	Ind	SL	Taunton	26-05-1999
R Dravid	109*	124	87.90	Ind	WI	Ahmedabad (GS)	15-11-2002
R Dravid	104	93	111.83	Ind	UAE	Dambulla	16-07-2004
R Dravid	103*	124	83.06	Ind	WI	Singapore Kallang	08-09-1999
R Dravid	99	104	95.19	Ind	Pak	Karachi (NS)	13-03-2004
SS Dighe	94*	96	97.92	Ind	WI	Harare	07-07-2001
R Dravid	82	117	70.09	Ind	Eng	Chester-le-Street	04-07-2002
R Dravid	77	102	75.49	Ind	SA	Durban	26-10-2001
R Dravid	76*	92	82.61	Ind	Pak	Lahore (Gd.)	21-03-2004