MS Dhoni
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MS Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni January 2016 (cropped).jpg
Dhoni in January 2016
Personal information
Full name
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born
7 July 1981 (age 35)
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Nickname
Mahi, MS, MSD, Captain Cool[1]
Height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style
Right-handed
Bowling style
Right-arm medium
Role
Wicket-keeper batsman, Finisher,
India Captain (2007–2016)
International information
National side
India
Test debut (cap 251)
2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test
26 December 2014 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158)
23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI
19 January 2017 v England
ODI shirt no.
7
T20I debut (cap 2)
1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I
1 February 2017 v England
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1999/00–2003/04
Bihar
2004/05–present
Jharkhand
2008–2015
Chennai Super Kings - Captain (squad no. 7)
2016–2017
Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 7)
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
T20Is
Matches
90
286
131
76
Runs scored
4,876
9,275
7,038
1,209
Batting average
38.09
50.96
36.84
36.63
100s/50s
6/33
10/61
9/47
0/1
Top score
224
183*
224
56
Balls bowled
96
36
126
–
Wickets
0
1
0
–
Bowling average
–
31.00
–
–
5 wickets in innings
0
0
0
–
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
–
Best bowling
–
1/14
–
–
Catches/stumpings
256/38
269/94
364/57
42/23
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 February 2017
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (About this sound pronunciation (help·info); commonly known as MS Dhoni; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer who captained the Indian team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. An attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, he is widely regarded as the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket.[2][3][4][5] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka.
Dhoni holds numerous captaincy records such as most wins by an Indian captain in Tests and ODIs, and most back-to-back wins by an Indian captain in ODIs. He took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and led the team to its first-ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the CB Series of 2007–08, the 2010 Asia Cup, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. In the final of the 2011 World Cup, Dhoni scored 91 not out off 79 balls handing India the victory for which he was awarded the Man of the Match. In June 2013, when India defeated England in the final of the Champions Trophy in England, Dhoni became the first captain to win all three ICC limited-overs trophies (World Cup, Champions Trophy and the World Twenty20). After taking up the Test captaincy in 2008, he led the team to series wins in New Zealand and West Indies, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008, 2010 and 2013. In 2009, Dhoni also led the Indian team to number one position for the first time in the ICC Test rankings. In 2013, under his captaincy, India became the first team in more than 40 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. In the Indian Premier League, he captained the Chennai Super Kings to victory at the 2010 and 2011 seasons, along with wins in the 2010 and 2014 editions of Champions League Twenty20. He announced his retirement from Tests on 30 December 2014.[6]
Dhoni holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd., after resigning from Air India. India Cements is the owner of the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first IPL season.[7][8] Dhoni is the co-owner of Indian Super League team Chennaiyin FC.[9]
Dhoni has been the recipient of many awards, including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first player to win the award twice), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009.[10] He was named as the captain of ICC World Test XI and ICC World ODI XI teams for 2009. The Indian Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel[11] to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He is the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to have received this honour. In 2011, Time magazine included Dhoni in its annual Time 100 list as one of the "Most Influential People in the World."[12] In 2012, SportsPro rated Dhoni as the sixteenth most marketable athlete in the world.[13] In June 2015, Forbes ranked Dhoni at 23rd in the list of highest paid athletes in the world, estimating his earnings at US$31 million.[14] In 2016, a biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story was made on him.
Contents [hide]
1
Early life and background
2
Early career
2.1
Junior cricket in Bihar
2.2
Bihar cricket team
2.3
Jharkhand cricket team
2.4
India A team
3
ODI career
4
Test career
5
Captain of India
5.1
Match bans
6
World Cup
6.1
2007 Cricket World Cup
6.2
2011 Cricket World Cup
6.3
2015 Cricket World Cup
7
Indian Premier League
8
Playing style
9
Personal life
10
International records
10.1
Test cricket
10.2
ODI cricket
11
Captaincy record
12
Outside cricket
12.1
Co-owner of Ranchi Rays
12.2
Co-owner of Chennaiyin FC
12.3
Mahi Racing Team India
12.4
Biographical film
13
Endorsements
14
International centuries
14.1
Test centuries
14.2
One Day International centuries
14.2.1
One Day International centuries for India
14.2.2
One Day International centuries for ACC Asia XI
15
Awards
15.1
Honorary awards and appreciations
15.2
Test cricket
15.2.1
Man of the Match awards
15.3
One-Day International cricket
15.3.1
Man of the series awards
15.3.2
Man of the Match awards
16
Notes
17
External links
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pronunciation (help·info); born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who currently captains the India national team. A right-handed batsman often regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world,[2] Kohli was ranked eighth in ESPN's list of world's most famous athletes in 2016.[3] He plays for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and has been the team's captain since 2013.
