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 |
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born |
7 July 1981 (age35) |
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Hometown |
Ranchi, Bihar, India |
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Nickname |
Mahi, MS, MSD |
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Height |
5 ft. 9 in (1.75 m) |
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Batting style |
Right hand batsman |
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Bowling style |
Right arm medium |
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Role |
Wicket-keeper, Indian captain |
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National side |
Indian |
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Major Teams |
India, Asia XI< Bihar, Chennai super king, Jharkhand, Rising pune super giant |
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Test debut (251) |
2 December 2005 vs. Sri Lanka |
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Last test |
26 December 2014 vs. Australia |
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ODI debut (158) |
23 December 2004 vs. Bangladesh |
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T20I debut (cap 2) |
1 December 2006 vs. South Africa |
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Years |
Team |
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1999/00-2003/04 |
Bihar |
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2004/05-present |
Jharkhand |
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2008-2015 |
Chennai super king |
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2016-present |
Rising pune super giant
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R7t
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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:
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His 10 sixes in an innings are the sixth highest
in ODI cricket.
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He broke the record if Adam Gilchrist for the highest
score made by a wicket keeper by scoring 183 runs.
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He holds the record of maximum dismissals by an Indian
wicketkeeper in an innings.
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India reached the highest test score of 726-9,
under his captaincy.
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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.
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He is the first Indian wicketkeeper to reach
4000 tests run.
......................BY - BHAVESH PANDAV (Blogger)
