MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI

MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI BIOGRAPHY

Mahendra Singh Dhoni or M S DHONI is one of the most popular Indian cricketers. Putting his great leadership skill to test, he served as the former captain of the Indian national cricket team; however, he captained the team only in limited-overs format. Also known for his excellent wicket-keeping skill, he had always been a gem to the Indian team even  in some very hard situations. He made his debut in one day international (ODI) in December 2004, playing against Bangladesh. A year later, he debuted in test cricket against Sri Lanka.

Background

Dhoni was born on 7 July 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand to pan Singh and devaki Devi. He has a sister jayanti and a brother narendra sing Dhoni. Originally his family belonged to a almora district of uttarakhand. He had studied at the DAV jawhar vidya mandir school in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Initially, during his school days, he used to play badminton and football and in fact was the goalkeeper of his football team. Once, he was sent by his football coach to play cricket for a local cricket club. It was in this match that he impressed everyone with kept-keeping skills which resulted in getting him a regular post of the wicketkeeper at the commando cricket club. From 2001 to 2003, he worked as a train ticket examiner (TTE) at the kharagpur railway station under south eastern railway in midnapore (W).

Personal life

Dhoni got married to sakshi Singh rawat on 4 July 2010. The couple has a daughter, ziva.

MS DHONI FACTS AND INFORMATION

Full name	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
born	7 July 1981 (age35)
Hometown	Ranchi, Bihar, India
Nickname	Mahi, MS, MSD
Height	5 ft. 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style	Right hand batsman
Bowling style	Right arm medium
Role	Wicket-keeper, Indian captain
National side	Indian
Major Teams	India, Asia XI< Bihar, Chennai super king, Jharkhand, Rising pune super giant
Test debut  (251)	2 December 2005 vs. Sri Lanka
Last test	26 December 2014 vs. Australia
ODI debut (158)	23 December 2004 vs. Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 2)	1 December 2006 vs. South Africa
Years	Team
1999/00-2003/04	Bihar
2004/05-present	Jharkhand
2008-2015	Chennai super king
2016-present	Rising pune super giant
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Career

Dhoni began his career in 1998 by playing for Bihar U-19 team. He also played for east zone U-19 team. In 1999-2000, he made a debut for Bihar in ranji trophy. His brilliant performances in the deodhar trophy, duleep trophy and India ‘A’ tour of Kenya, brought him to the notice of the national team selector. He was then selected to play for the Indian cricket team in 2004, where he made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in Chittagong.     ( In short )

Awards

He has also received the man of the series and the man of the match awards on several occasions. He got his first test man of the match award in 2008 against Australia. It was Sri-Lanka in India ODI series in 2005-06 where he received his first man of the series award. He is also a recipient of the ICC player of the year award for consecutive years in 2008 and 2009, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 and the Padma Shri award in 2009.

Some of his other Numerous Achievements are:

·         His 10 sixes in an innings are the sixth highest in ODI cricket.

·         He broke the record if Adam Gilchrist for the highest score made by a wicket keeper by scoring 183 runs.

·         He holds the record of maximum dismissals by an Indian wicketkeeper in an innings.

·         India reached the highest test score of 726-9, under his captaincy.

·         He is the only ODI captain to have played at number seven and scored a century. He did it in December 2012 while playing against Pakistan.

·         He is the first Indian wicketkeeper to reach 4000 tests run.

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