Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | |||
| Born | 7 July 1981 Ranchi, Bihar, India | |||
| Nickname | Mahi, MS, MSD, Captain Cool[citation needed] | |||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-hand medium | |||
| Role | Wicket-keeper, India captain | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India | |||
| Test debut(cap 251) | 2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last Test | 22 March 2013 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut(cap 158) | 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh | |||
| Last ODI | 27 January 2013 v England | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 7 | |||
| T20I debut (cap 2) | 1 December 2006 v South Africa | |||
| Last T20I | 28 December 2012 v Pakistan | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1999/00–2004/05 | Bihar | |||
| 2004/05- | Jharkhand | |||
| 2008–present | Chennai Super Kings | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | T20Is |
| Matches | 77 | 219 | 118 | 42 |
| Runs scored | 4,209 | 7,259 | 6,371 | 748 |
| Batting average | 39.70 | 51.85 | 37.69 | 31.16 |
| 100s/50s | 6/28 | 8/48 | 9/42 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 224 [1] | 183* | 224 | 48* |
| Balls bowled | 78 | 12 | 108 | – |
| Wickets | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Bowling average | – | 14.00 | – | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | – | – |
| Best bowling | – | 1/14 | – | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 212/36 | 206/68 | 320/55 | 21/8 |
| Source: ESPNCricinfo, 28 March 2013 | ||||
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 
pronunciation (help·info) (born 7 July 1981), commonly known as M. S. Dhoni, is an Indian cricketer and the currentcaptain of the Indian national cricket team and the Chennai Super Kings cricket team. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and a year later played his first Test, this time against Sri Lanka.
pronunciation (help·info) (born 7 July 1981), commonly known as M. S. Dhoni, is an Indian cricketer and the currentcaptain of the Indian national cricket team and the Chennai Super Kings cricket team. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and a year later played his first Test, this time against Sri Lanka.
He is captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under Dhoni's captaincy India became the first team after a gap of more than 40 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. Dhoni also led the Indian team to the number one position in ICC rankings in Test cricket for the first time. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and 2010 against Australia 2–0, Asia cup 2010 and 2011 World Cup. His Test and ODI records are the best for Indian captains to date. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent2011 IPL and in the Champions League. He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009. In the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, he hit 91 not out of just 79 balls to lead India to victory. For his outstanding batting in the final, he was awarded as the man of the match.
Dhoni also holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd. (ICL) after resigning from Air India. ICL is the owner of the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first edition of IPL.[2][3]
Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. In 2009 Dhoni topped the list of world’s top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes[4] and he has been ranked as 31st richest sportsman in the world according to the Forbes Highest Paid Athletes for the year 2012. Dhoni’s total earnings are estimated to be USD 26.5 million according to Forbes. [5][6] The TIME magazine added him in its "Time 100" list of 100 most influential people of 2011.[7] SportsPro has rated MS Dhoni as the 16th most remarkable athlete in the world.[8]
In March 2013 he became the most successful Indian Test captain when he eclipsed Sourav Ganguly’s record of 21 victories from 49 Tests.[9]
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