MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni
महेंद्र सिंह धोनी
Dhoni in 2023
Personal details
Born (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981
Ranchi, Bihar (present-day Jharkhand), India
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Spouse(s)
Sakshi Dhoni
(m. 2010)
Awards
Military service
Nickname(s)Mahi, Thala, Captain Cool[2]
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Army
Years of service2011–present
Rank Lieutenant colonel (Hon.)
Unit Territorial Army
Parachute Regiment
Personal information
Full nameMahendra Singh Dhoni
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 251)2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test26 December 2014 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158)23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI9 July 2019 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.7
T20I debut (cap 2)1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I27 February 2019 v Australia
T20I shirt no.7
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999–2004Bihar
2004–2017Jharkhand
2008–2015, 2018–presentChennai Super Kings (squad no. 7)
2016–2017Rising Pune Supergiant (squad no. 7)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 90 350 98 131
Runs scored 4,876 10,773 1,617 7,038
Batting average 38.09 50.57 37.60 36.84
100s/50s 6/33 10/73 0/2 9/47
Top score 224 183* 56 224*
Balls bowled 96 36 126
Wickets 0 1 0
Bowling average 31.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/14
Catches/stumpings 256/38 321/123 57/34 364/57
Medal record
Men's cricket
Representing  India
Cricket World Cup
Winner 2011 India-Sri Lanka-Bangladesh
T20 World Cup
Winner 2007 South Africa
Runner-up 2014 Bangladesh
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner 2013 England and Wales
Runner-up 2017 England and Wales
Asia Cup
Winner 2010 Sri Lanka
Winner 2016 Bangladesh
Winner 2018 UAE
Runner-up 2008 Pakistan
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 March 2025

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (born July 7, 1981), commonly known as MS Dhoni and Mahi, is an Indian cricket player and was a former captain of the Indian cricket team.[3][4] MS Dhoni Is the current captain of Chennai Super Kings and he is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. The Indian cricket team won the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2007 World Twenty20 and 2013 Champions Trophy under his captainship. Chennai Super Kings won the IPLs 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023 under his captainship. His victory of Champions League Twenty20s 2010, 2014 make him the best of all CSK captains to date. All of his Test cricket and One Day International records are the best of all Indian captains to date. He took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and led the team to its first ever inter-country ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Dhoni also holds the post of Vice president of India Cements Ltd. after resigning from Air India. India Cements is the owner of the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first edition of the Indian Premier League in 2008.[5][6]

Playing style

MS Dhoni was a right-handed batsman and also played the role of a wicket-keeper. He mostly played shots in the go's, that is, shifting his body weight on the right leg. He has his own famous cricket shot, called the "Helicopter shot".

Awards

Dhoni was given many awards, such as the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, in 2009. In 2018, he received Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award.[7]

Personal life

He married Sakshi Singh Rawat on 4 July 2010. On 6 February 2015, the couple gave birth to a daughter named Ziva. He retired from international cricket in 15 August 2020.

Dhoni likes to drive different vehicles, he has many kind of bikes and cars in his collection.

References

  1. "MS Dhoni, profile". Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. "MS Dhoni birthday: What are some of the nicknames of Mahendra Singh Dhoni?". Sporting News. 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. "Mahendra the magnificent: History to remember Captain Cool as the greatest finisher of ODI format". India Today. 13 July 2013.
  4. "Dhoni the best captain I have played under - Tendulkar". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 April 2011.
  5. "MS Dhoni joins BCCI boss' company as vice-president". 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  6. "India Cements appoints Dhoni as Vice-President". 2 February 2013.
  7. "MS Dhoni's Padma Bhushan Award remind stars of 2011 Cricket World Cup win". 3 April 2018.

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