Full name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
D.O.B: 7th July, 1981
Place of Birth: Ranchi, Bihar
Nickname: Mahi
Dad's Name : Pan Singh
Mother's Name : Devaki Devi
Sister's Name : Jayanti
Brother's Name : Narendra
Wife's Name :Sakshi Singh Rawat
World Cup winning Captain MS Dhoni with his Wife Sakshi Singh Rawat
Dhoni was born and brought up in the city of Ranchi. He has two siblings. A sister who is married and a brother who lives in Almora. Almora is a high-lying town at the foot of the Himalaya which is his father’s home town. His father’s name is Pan Singh and mother’s name is Devki Devi.
His hobbies and interests include:
Hearing music, ghazals and songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar
Loves to ride bikes
Enjoys playing computer games and badminton
Not interested in:
English songs
Working out at gyms
Special qualities:
Thinks positive
Highly confident about himself
Is aggressive on the field
His Idol:
Adam Gilchrist
Cricketing information
Role: Captain of the Indian ODI and Twenty20 team and Vice captain of the Test team
Batting style: Right hand batsman
Bowling style: Right arm medium
Field position: Wicketkeeper
Clubs played: Jharkhand
Cricketing profile:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni started his first class career in the year 1999-2000. His one day international debut came after playing five years of first class cricket on the 23rd of December 2004 against Bangladesh. The venue of the match was in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Unfortunately, he was run out on the first ball he faced. It wasn’t a great debut for him where batting is concerned. Luck wasn’t on his side in the first four matches he played. Where as on the fifth match which was played against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam, Dhoni came to the crease one down and managed to score 148 runs from just 123 balls. He hit 15 boundaries and four sixes. He got his first man of the match award that day. Not only a good wicketkeeper but Dhoni proved himself to be a first class batsman too. He is one of the few finest wicketkeeper batsman India has seen after a very long time.
On the 31st of October, Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka which was played at Jaipur. Adam Gilchrist was the former record holder with 172 runs.
Before he started playing cricket, he was a football goalkeeper. Its said he drinks around four litres of milk everyday but he denied it by saying that has been exaggerated a bit. He said he loves milk and drinks around a litre on a daily basis.
On the 2nd of December 2005, Dhoni made his Test cricket debut against Srilanka which was played in Chennai, India.
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Full name
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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Born
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Nickname
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Mahi
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Height
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5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
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Batting style
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Right-hand batsman
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Bowling style
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Right-hand medium
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Role
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International information
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National side
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2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
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Last Test
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13 January 2012 v Australia
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23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
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Last ODI
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19 February 2012 v Australia
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1 December 2006 v South Africa
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Last T20I
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3 February 2012 v Australia
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Domestic team information
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Years
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Team
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1999/00–2004/05
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2004/05-present
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2008–present
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Career statistics
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Competition
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Matches
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67
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206
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108
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253
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Runs scored
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3,509
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6,773
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5,671
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8,500
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37.32
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51.70
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36.12
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50.29
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100s/50s
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5/24
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7/45
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8/38
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13/54
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Top score
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148
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183*
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148
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183*
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78
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12
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108
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39
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0
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1
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0
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2
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14.00
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18.00
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10 wickets in match
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–
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Best bowling
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–
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1/14
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1/14
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Catches/stumpings
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192/28
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193/65
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284/45
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257/76
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Playing style:
Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Dhoni is one of the number of wicket-keepers who have come through the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the national team – Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra and Dinesh Karthik also followed this route. Dhoni, referred to as 'Mahi' by his friends, debuted in the Bihar cricket team during the 1998/99 cricket season and was selected to represent India-A for a tour to Kenya in 2004. Along with Gautam Gambhir, Dhoni made multiple centuries against the Pakistan-A team in a tri-nation series and was selected in the Indian national team later in that year.
Dhoni tends to play mostly from the back foot with a pronounced bottom hand grip. He has a very fast hand speed through the ball which often results in the ball racing across the ground. From this initial stance his feet do not show much movement which sometimes results in chasing balls while not coming to the pitch of the ball or to some deliveries catching the inside edge.
Dhoni scored 148 against Pakistan in his fifth ODI match in 2005 – then the highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper. Later in the year, he broke his own record as well as set the current world record for the highest score in the second innings in ODI matches as he scored 183* against Sri Lanka. Dhoni's success in the limited overs format secured him a place in the Test team. Consistent performances in ODI cricket through the end of the 2005/06 season saw Dhoni briefly ranked as the No. 1 batsman in the ICC ODI ratings.
Dhoni's form dipped through 2006 as India lost matches at the ICC Champions trophy, DLF Cup, away bilateral series against West Indies and South Africa. A return to form in the home series against West Indies and Sri Lanka in early 2007 proved to be an inaccurate indicator of Dhoni's form as India crashed out of the first round in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Dhoni was out for a duck in both India's losses. After the World Cup, Dhoni won the Man of the series award in the bilateral ODI tournament against Bangladesh. For the tour of England, Dhoni was named the ODI team vice-captain.
Only nine players have captained ten or more Tests while playing as a wicket-keeper. Dhoni leads the field with 33 Tests as captain, 15 ahead of Gerry Alexander in second place.
Captaincy Record:
Captaincy Record in Test Matches
Venue Span Matches Won Lost Tied Draw
At Home Venues 2008–2011 18 12 1 0 5
At Away Venues 2009–2012 19 5 9 0 5
TOTAL 2008-2012 37 17 10 0 10
Captaincy Record in One Day Internationals
Venue Span Matches Won Lost Tied N/R
In India (At Home Venues) 2007–2011 43 27 13 1 2
At Away and Neutral Venues 2008–2012 76 40 28 2 6
TOTAL 2007-2012 119 67 41 3 8
Captaincy Record in Twenty20 Internationals
Venue Span Matches Won Lost Tied N/R
In India (At Home Venues) 2007–2011 4 2 2 0 0
At Away Venues 2007–2012 11 4 7 0 0
At Neutral Venues 2007–2010 14 7 5 1 1
TOTAL 2007-2012 29 13 14 1 1
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