Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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| Full name | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 July 1971 Ranchi , Jharkhand , India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Mahi, MS, MSD, Captain Cool | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Types of batting | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Types of bowling | Right-handed medium pacer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduction | Wicket-keeper ; Captain of the Indian national cricket team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 251 ) | December 2, 2005 vs Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last test | 26 December 2014 vs Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI Debut (Cap 156 ) | 23 December 2004 vs Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 9 July 2019 vs New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I Debut (Cap 2 ) | December 1, 2006 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 28 February 2019 vs Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999/00 - 2004/05 | Bihar cricket team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004/05 - Present | Jharkhand cricket team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 - present | Chennai Super Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi Indian cricketer . Under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India won the 2006 ICC World Twenty20 , the 2006-07 CB Series, the 2006 Border-Gavaskar Trophy , the 2010 2-0 series against Australia and the 2011 Cricket World Cup Has won.
Under his captaincy, India rose to number one in the Test rankings. His record in Test and ODI cricket is still the best among Indian captains. He won the ICC Champions Trophy in England in 2013, as well as being the first captain in the world to win all ICC tournaments. He is captaining Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2010 and Champions League . Under his leadership, India won their first ODI series in Sri Lanka and New Zealand , and India beat Australia in a Test twenty years later.
Dhoni has received multiple honors and awards. He was named ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2007 and 2009 . He is the first Indian to receive this award. He has also received India's highest sports honor, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, and the country's fourth highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri .
In January 2010, Dhoni was the highest-ranked player in ODI cricket rankings . Wisden's dream Test XI , known as the Bible of Cricket, was named captain in 2009 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named one of the top 10 richest cricketers in the world by Forbes Magazine .
In 2009, Dhoni was named captain of the ICC World Test and ICC ODI team. In the final match of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, he batted brilliantly against Sri Lanka with 91 off just 69 balls and the Indian team became the champions. In that game, Dhoni won the prestigious Man of the Match award. Won the most matches as a captain in the history of the world.
In 2011, Dhoni was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army. Mahendra Singh Dhoni on August 15, has announced his retirement from international cricket on 2020.
Read more: Biography of Sachin Tendulkar.
Personal life
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar (now in the state of Jharkhand ). Her parents are Pan Singh and Devaki Devi respectively. Dhoni's ancestral home is in the village of Laoli in the Lamgara block of Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand . When Pan Singh was working as a junior manager at Mecon Limited in Ranchi, his family moved to Ranchi from Uttarakhand. Dhoni has one sister (Jayanti).
Dhoni used to have long hair in imitation of his favorite actor John Abraham . He loves bikes. His garage is said to have four cars and 23 high-speed motorcycles. He has participated in advertisements for a total of fifteen brands of cold drinks from clothes. He is currently one of the highest taxpayers in India. Dhoni is adevoted fan of Adam Gilchrist , his childhood favorite cricketer Sachin Tendulkar , Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and vocalist Lata Mangeshkar .
Dhoni studied at DAV Johar Vidya Mandir, Shyamoli (now JVM, Shyamoli, Ranchi). There he competed in badminton and football and was nominated for district and club level games. Dhoni played football as a goalkeeper and later sent his football coach to play cricket at a local cricket club. Although he did not do well in cricket, he was a regular wicket-keeper at the Commando Cricket Club (1995-96) due to his outstanding wicket-keeping skills. As a result of his outstanding skills in club cricket, Vinu won the Mankar Trophy in the Under-16 Championship in the 1996-97 season . 10th class began to catch up with Dhoni cricket match.
On July 4, 2010, Dhoni married witness Rawat. Dhoni, a witness from Kolkata, is currently studying hotel management and got to know each other two years ago while learning to work as an apprentice in Taj Bengal . A day after the engagement, the news of the marriage was revealed to the media and fans. Immediately after the incident, Dhoni's closest friend and Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu quickly announced the marriage of Dhoni and Sakshi, saying that their marriage was scheduled a month ago and was not a one-moment decision.
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Type of play
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is best known on the field as a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. Among the junior players, Dhoni is the number one wicketkeeper and the current players in the Indian A team are above Parthiv Patel , Ajay Ratra and Dinesh Karthik . To friends Mahi known as the Bihar team Dhoni made his debut for the 1998-99 season and 004 in the side's visit to Kenya. In partnership with Gautam Gambhir , Pakistan scored a few centuries against the team in the tri-nation series . That same year, Dhoni was nominated as a member of the Indian national cricket team.
Dhoni usually prefers to bat on the back foot. He very quickly touched the ball to the bat and took four or six runs off the field. The craftsmanship of his feet is not so much observed until the ball comes to him.
In 2005, Dhoni scored 146 against Pakistan in his personal 5th ODI, the highest by a wicket-keeper in Indian cricket. Within a year, he broke his own record by scoring an unbeaten 163 against Sri Lanka as the then world record. After a string of successes in limited overs cricket, Dhoni was named in the Test squad. Dhoni has been ranked as the world's No. 1 batsman in the ICC ODI rankings in a very short time due to his consistent sportsmanship. Also, Dhoni's shots became known as helicopter shots due to his skillful hitting the ball .
He was named Man of the Series against Bangladesh after the 2006 Cricket World Cup . During the 2006 tour of England, Dhoni was named the team's co-captain in ODI cricket.
In domestic cricket
In junior cricket
Dhoni joined the Bihar Under-19 team in the 1998-99 season and scored 16 runs in 5 matches in 8 innings. The team finished 4th out of 6 teams in the group and could not reach the quarter finals.
In the Bihar team
Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for the Bihar cricket team in the 1999-2000 season at the age of 18 . In his debut match, he scored an unbeaten 6 runs against Assam cricket team. He scored 263 runs in 5 games that season. He scored a century in 1st class cricket in the 2000-01 season against the Bengal cricket team.
In the 2002-03 season, he scored three half-centuries in the Ranji Trophy and two half-centuries in the Deodhar Trophy , scoring runs as a bottom-order batsman instead of batting hard-hitting.
Dhoni scored an unbeaten 126 * in his first match against Assam in the Ranji ODI Trophy in the 2003-04 season. Deodhar scored 244 runs in 4 matches for the East Zone cricket team and played a vital role in winning the trophy.
In the Indian A-team
Following his success, Dhoni toured Zimbabwe and Kenya for the Indian A team in the 2003-04 season. Dhoni made 6 catches and 4 stamps as his best against the Zimbabwe XI at the Harare Sports Club ground. In the tri-nation tournaments between Kenya, India and Pakistan, Dhoni scored a half-century against Pakistan's target of 223 runs. I
n a successful run, he scored 120 and 119 * twice against Pakistan. Dhoni scored 362 runs in 6 innings in that tournament at an average of 62.40, drawing the attention of the then Indian national team captain Sourav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri . But, the coach of the Indian A team Sandwip Patil recommended Dinesh Karthik for inclusion in the Indian team as a wicket-keeper-cum-batsman.
In IPL or Indian Premier League
M.S. Dhoni is playing for Chennai Super Kings on a 1.5 million contract . As a result, he became the most expensive player in the first season of the IPL compared to Andrew Symonds . Also, Dhoni is the current captain of the Chennai Super Kings team.
Read more: Biography of Virat Kohli.
In one-day international cricket
In ODI cricket, Dhoni was named as the co-captain of the team in the six-match series against South Africa and later England. On September 2, 2006, Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke the international record set by his favorite star player Adam Gilchrist . Dhoni set a new record by catching 5 England players and stamping one. In the final of the ICC World Twenty20 Trophy held in South Africa on September 24, 2006, they defeated arch-rivals Pakistan.
In this, Dhoni became the second captain of India to have the best success in any level of cricket after Kapil Dev's World Cup victory. On September 30, 2009, Dhoni took his first wicket in ODI cricket. Of the West Indies He showed this achievement by bowling Travis Dowlin . In the second match of the India-Australia series, Dhoni made 124 off just 106 balls.
In the 3rd match, Yuvraj Singh scored 61 off 95 balls and India won by 6 wickets. For several months in 2009, Dhoni topped the ICC ODI batsmen's rankings. He was sacked by Australian player Mike Hussey in early 2010 .
In 2009, he scored 1198 runs at an average of 80.43 in just 24 matches. That year , Dhoni shared the highest run with Australia captain Ricky Ponting .
In Test cricket
Dhoni's remarkable performance in ODI cricket led to Dinesh Karthik's replacement in Test cricket as the wicket-keeper of the Indian national cricket team against Sri Lanka in December 2005 . Dhoni scored 30 runs in his debut Test match in a rain-affected game. When he landed at the crease, he lost 5 wickets for a run and continued to read wickets, but was dismissed as the last man in the team in his aggressive innings. He scored his first half-century in the 2nd Test and his quick half-century off 51 balls helped India set a target of 436 and the Sri Lankans were all out for 248.
Dhoni scored his first century in the second Test at Faisalabad in January / February 2006 during a tour of Pakistan. The team was 107 runs away from the follow-on when he teamed up with Irfan Pathan . In this situation, he scored a half-century off 34 balls in his usual aggressive innings and scored his first century off just 93 balls.
Dhoni scored two centuries in the 2009 tour of Sri Lanka and India won the three-match series 2-0. As a result of this victory, for the first time, the Indian team is ranked No. 1 in the ICC Cricket Rating. Also, declaring 628 for 9 in the 3rd Test, they have scored the most runs in an innings in the history of the team.
As captain
Dhoni led India to the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa in September 2006. In the final and exciting match of the competition, the Indian team became the champions after defeating the Pakistan team with proper leadership.
He then led the team against Australia in September, 2006 in a six-match ODI series.
Anil Kumble, who retired in the 3rd Test against Australia in the 4th and final Test at Nagpur in November 2006, captained the Indian team.
Under Dhoni's leadership, the Indian cricket team was ranked No. 1 in the ICC Test rankings in December 2009. Dhoni was able to level the Test series with South Africa in February 2010 and as a result India was able to retain the top spot in the ICC Test rankings.
On April 2, 2011, Dhoni scored an unbeaten 91 in the ICC Cricket World Cup against Sri Lanka. Sachin Tendulkar praised Dhoni in this regard and said that Dhoni is the best of all captains in his long life in cricket. Tendulkar noted that Dhoni's calm and calm demeanor had a profound effect on the minds of the team players and that he had successfully dealt with difficult pressures which were truly unbelievable.
On the other hand, Sourav Ganguly in an interview to the media declared Dhoni as the best Indian captain of all time and said that he has set a rare record that deserves praise.
Ban for two matches
On 18 December, 009 in Nagpur, India v Sri Lanka in the second ODI team due to the slow pace bowling by ICC match referee New Zealand's Jeff Crowe by Dhoni was banned for the next two matches.
Cricket World Cup, 2011
Under Dhoni's captaincy, India defeated Sri Lanka in the final to win the 2011 Cricket World Cup. In response to Sri Lanka's 264, Dhoni changed the batting order in the Cold War. As a result, Team India played a very effective role. When he went down to bat, the Indian team needed 6 runs per over. Also, three first-order batsmen have already been ruled out. In this situation, Dhoni formed a strong partnership with Gautam Gambhir and kept the team's run wheel in motion with one or two runs very fast.
As a result, Sri Lanka's morale was shattered as they had to take 5 or 6 runs in each over. Later, he continued to beat his usual fours and sixes. In the last over, Dhoni ensured the victory of the team by hitting a six through the deep long area with the help of Nuan Kulasekara .
After the award ceremony , Dhoni said that he changed the batting order to prevent Muralitharan's spin attack. Muralitharan was a co-player of the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL, as Dhoni was already well aware of his bowling attack.
Retirement from Tests
In December 2014, Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket. He played in his last Test series against hosts Australia in the 2014-15 season. Virat Kohli captained the team in the first Test and then as the regular captain of the team in the second and third Tests. His team lost the second Test and the third Test was drawn. His team is trailing 2-0 in the series before the start of the Sydney Test.
After the third Test in Melbourne, Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket. Assisted 9 outs in the last Test with 8 catches and 1 stamping. As a result, Kumar surpassed Sangakkara's record of 134 stampings in all three categories. He also broke the record for most wickets by an Indian wicket-keeper in a game. He scored an unbeaten 24 in the last innings.
Retirement from T20 and One Day International cricket
Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from international cricket on August 15, 2020, India's 64th Independence Day, ending many speculations. In a video message on Instagram, Dhoni announced his retirement from international T20 and one-day cricket. Dhoni's retirement has been a topic of discussion among cricket fans and fans since the 2019 World Cup.
While fans are optimistic about Dhoni playing in the 2020 Twenty20 World Cup , recent form has raised questions about his place in the national team. So the legendary captain, one of the best in world cricket to have won all kinds of ICC trophies for India, said goodbye to international cricket in a very quiet manner. The innings against New Zealand in the semifinals of the 2019 World Cup was Dhoni's last innings in international cricket.
International records
Test cricket
- Under Dhoni's captaincy, India topped the Test cricket rankings for the first time, in 2009.
- Dhoni is the most successful Indian Test captain with 27 Test wins, eclipsing Sourav Ganguly's record of 21.
- Dhoni has the most overseas Test defeats by an Indian captain, with 15.
- Dhoni is the first Indian wicket-keeper to complete 4,000 Test runs.
- Dhoni's 224 against Australia in Chennai is the third highest score by an Indian captain. En route to 224, Dhoni registered the highest Test score by an Indian wicket-keeper when he was on 193, beating Budhi Kunderan's 192. It was also the highest score by a wicket-keeper–captain beating Englishman Alec Stewart's 164.
- Dhoni's maiden century against Pakistan in Faisalabad (148) is the fastest century scored by an Indian wicket-keeper, and fourth overall.
- After hitting a six in the third Test against England in Southampton, Dhoni completed 50 sixes as a captain, an Indian record.
- Dhoni, with 294 dismissals in his career, ranks first in the all-time dismissals list by Indian wicket-keepers.
- Dhoni shares the record for most dismissals in an innings (6, with Syed Kirmani) and in a match (9) by an Indian wicket-keeper.
ODI cricket
- Dhoni is third captain (and the first non-Australian) overall to win 100 games.
- Fourth Indian to reach 10,000 ODI runs after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid and also the second wicket-keeper to reach the milestone.
- First player to pass 10,000 runs in ODI cricket with having a career average of over 50.
- Dhoni has the fifth highest batting average (51.09), among cricketers with more than 5,000 runs and the second highest batting average among players with an aggregate of over 10,000 runs.
- Most career runs in ODI history when batting at number 6 position (4031)
- Only player to score more than one hundred in ODI cricket when batting at number 7 position or lower (Dhoni has 2 centuries at number 7).
- Most not outs (82) in ODIs.
- First Indian and fifth overall to hit 200 sixes in ODIs.
- Dhoni's 183* against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the highest score by a wicket-keeper.
- Dhoni's 113 against Pakistan in Chennai in 2012 is the highest by a captain batting at number 7.
- Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were involved in a partnership of 100 not out against Sri Lanka, which is India's highest eighth wicket partnership in ODIs.
- Most unbeaten innings and highest average (among batsmen with more that 20 such innings) in successful ODI run-chases.
- Holds the record for playing the most matches in ODI history as captain who has also served as a wicket-keeper(200)
- Dhoni holds the records of the most dismissals in an innings (6) and career (432) by an Indian wicket-keeper.
- Dhoni has the most stumpings (120) by any wicket-keeper in an ODI career and is so far the only keeper to pass 100 stumpings.
- First Indian wicket-keeper to take 300 ODI catches and fourth wicket-keeper in the world to achieve the feat.
T20I Cricket
- Most wins in T20Is as captain (41)
- Most matches as captain in T20Is(72)
- Most matches in T20I history as both captain and wicket-keeper (72)
- Most consecutive T20I innings without a duck (84).
- Dhoni holds the record for playing the most T20I innings (76) and scored the most runs(1,153) before scoring a fifty.
- Most dismissals as wicket-keeper in T20Is (87)
- Most catches as wicket-keeper in T20Is (54)
- Most stumpings as wicket-keeper in T20Is (33)
- Most catches as wicketkeeper in a T20I innings (5)
International records (combined ODI, Test and T20I)
- He has played the most international matches as captain (332)
- Dhoni is the first, and so far only, wicket-keeper to effect 150 stumping dismissals across the three forms of the game. His current total of stumpings in internationals stands at 161.
Participate in commercials
Dhoni has been under contract with Kolkata-based star management company Gameplan Sports since April 2005. Dhoni is currently participating in commercials with 20 companies. The only Hindi film actor Shah Rukh Khan is doing 1 more advertisement than him. In 2006, he signed contracts with 16 companies.
Dhoni is participating in commercials for the following companies: -
- 2005: PepsiCo, Reebok, Exide, TVS Motors.
- 2006: Mysore Sandal Soap, Videocon, Reliance Communications, Reliance Energy, Orient PSPO Fan, Bharat Petroleum, Titan Sonata, Braille Cream, NDTV, GE Money.
- 2006: Siyaram
- 2006: Fashion at Big Bazaar, Maha Chako, Boost (Health Food), Daily Bhaskar
- 2009: Dabur Hani, Kolkata Fashion Week, Aircel Communications: Nova Scotia Premium Shirts.
- 2010: Amrapali
National honours
- 2018: Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award.
- 2009: Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.
- 2007–08: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honor given for achievement in sports.
Sporting honours
- ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2008, 2009
- ICC World ODI XI: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (captain in 2009, 2011–2014)
- ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010, 2013
- Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year: 2011
- ICC Men's ODI team of the decade: 2011 - 2020 (captain and wicketkeeper)
- ICC Men's T20I team of the decade: 2011 -2020 (captain and wicketkeeper)
- ICC Spirit of the cricket award of the decade: 2011 - 2020
Other honours and awards
- MTV Youth Icon of the Year: 2006
- LG People's Choice Award: 2013
- Honorary doctorate degree by De Montfort University in August 2011
- CNN-News18 Indian of the Year: 2011
In popular culture
A movie was made based on Dhoni's life, from his childhood to the 2011 Cricket World Cup, titled M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, with Sushant Singh Rajput in the titular role. Another web series centered on his life and his times with the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League aired on Hotstar on 20 March 2019, titled Roar of the Lion.
