Dhoni, the Indian cricketer, His captaincy led India to victory in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. A prolific wicket-keeper-batsman, he retired after 331 international matches.
Born : Mahendra Singh Dhoni
7 July 1981 (age 42)
Ranchi, Bihar (present-day Jharkhand), India
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Spouse Sakshi Dhoni[1]
Nickname(s) Mahi, Thala, Captain Cool
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Army
Years of service 2011–present
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Unit Territorial Army
Awards
Padma Bhushan (2018)
Padma Shri (2009)
Cricket information
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
India (2004–2019)
Test debut (cap 251) 2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 26 December 2014 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158) 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 9 July 2019 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 7
T20I debut (cap 2) 1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I 27 February 2019 v Australia
About Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (born July 7, 1981) is an Indian professional cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. Widely known as one of the most prolific wicketkeeper-batsman and captain, he represented the Indian cricket team in the limited overs format from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014.
He served as the team captain. He was the captain, played the most international matches and was the most successful Indian captain. He led India to victory in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2007 ICC World Twenty20, 2013 ICC Champions trophy and won three different limited overs tournaments. He was the only captain to do so. He also coached the teams that won the Asian Cup in 2010 and 2016, and was a member of the title-winning team in 2018. Born in
Ranchi, Dhoni made his first-class debut for Bihar in 1999. He made his debut as an Indian cricketer when he joined the team in an ODI against Bangladesh on 23 December 2004 and appeared in his first Test play a year later against Sri Lanka. In 2007 he became the captain of his team in ODIs and took over all formats in 2008. He retired from Test cricket in 2014 but continued to play limited overs cricket until 2019. He has scored 17,266 runs in international cricket, including over 10,000 runs in ODIs at an average of over 50.
Dhoni He plays for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and has led them to the finals 10 times and won it five times (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023). He also led CSK to two Champions League T20 titles in 2010 and 2014. He is one of the few batsmen to have scored over 5,000 runs in the IPL and is also the first wicketkeeper to achieve that.
In 2008, Dhoni was awarded India's highest sporting honor, the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, by the Government of India. He was awarded the Padma Shri, his fourth highest civilian award, in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan award, his third highest civilian award, in 2018. He was awarded the rank of honorary lieutenant colonel in the Indian Territorial Army Parachute Regiment by the Indian Army in 2011. He is one of the most popular cricket players in the world.
Early Life of Dhoni
Dhoni was born on July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) into a Hindu Rajput family to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi. His parents were from Luwari village in Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand), and he was the youngest of three children. His family writes his last name as "Downy".
He was a member of DAV Jawahar. He completed his training at Vidya's Mandir, where he started playing football as a goalkeeper, but later coach Keshav turned to cricket at Banerjee's recommendation. From 2001 to 2003, he worked as a Traveling Ticket Examiner (TTE) in Kharagpur, South East Railway Zone, Indian Railways.
Early Career of Dhoni
Dhoni played as a wicketkeeper for Commando Cricket Club from 1995 to 1998 and for the Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL) team in 1998. He struggled at the top of the rankings in the CCL and contributed to the team's qualification to participate in the higher leagues . In recognition of his performances in club cricket, he was selected in the squad for the 1997–1998 Vinoo Mankad Trophy U-16 Championship season.
In the 1998-99 season, Dhoni played for the Bihar U-19 team in the Cooch Behar Trophy, scoring 176 runs in five matches. From 1999 to 2000 he played in the Behar Trophy, where his Bihar U-19 cricket team reached the final and lost with him scoring his 84th run. His contribution to the tournament included 488 runs (five fifties), 17 catches and seven stumpings in nine matches. He was selected to represent CK East Zone U-19. In the 1999-2000 Nayudu Trophy season, East Zone only scored 97 runs in four matches as they lost all their matches and finished bottom in the tournament.
Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar against Assam in his 1999-2000 season and at the age of 18 he scored his 68 runs in two innings. He finished the season with 283 runs in 5 matches. Dhoni scored his first first-class century for Bihar against Bengal in the 2000-01 Ranji Trophy season. Apart from this century, he never scored more than 50 runs in the 2000-01 season and in the 2001-02 Ranji Trophy season, he only scored five fifties in four matches for Ranji.
He played for Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy in 2002-2003 and represented the East Zone in the Deodhar Trophy, where he was praised for his contributions in the lower order and his strong-hitting batting style. In the 2003-04 season, he scored a century (128*) against Assam in the first match of the Ranji ODI tournament, and in the 2003-2004 Deodhar Trophy season he won as part of the East Zone team, scoring 244 in four matches. Scored a run.
In his Duleep Trophy final, Dhoni represented the East Zone and scored a belligerent half-century in the second innings of the losing innings. Dhoni was recognized as one of his rising talents by BCCI's small town talent discovery initiative TRDW. In 2004, he was selected as part of the Indian national team to tour Zimbabwe and Kenya. Against the Zimbabwean side at Harare Sports Club, he took seven catches and four stumpings. In the Tri-Nations tournament involving Kenya, India A and Pakistan A, he helped India A achieve a target of 223 runs against Pakistan A within half a century, scoring 362 runs at an average of 72.40 in six innings. He scored several centuries in a row.
International career of Dhoni
Debut and early years
To ensure that the wicketkeeper did not lack batting talent, the Indian ODI team considered Rahul Dravid as a wicketkeeper in the early 2000s, along with other wicketkeepers such as Parthiv Patel and Dinesh Karthik/ The batter also tried it. Dhoni performed well for India's A team and was included in the ODI squad for the tour of Bangladesh in December 2004. Dhoni made his debut in the first match of the series, but he was dismissed for a duck. He was selected for the subsequent ODI series against Pakistan.
In the second match of the series in Visakhapatnam, he scored 148 runs in 123 deliveries in his fifth one-day international, surpassing the previous record for most runs by an Indian wicketkeeper. He played in the bilateral ODI series for Sri Lanka in October-November 2005 and emerged as number three in the batting order in the third ODI in Jaipur, scoring an unbeaten 183 runs off 145 balls.
We won against India. The innings surpassed the previous highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper and was described by the Wisden Almanac as "uninhibited but far from rough". This was also the highest individual score in an ODI cricket chase, a record broken seven years later by Shane Watson. He finished the series with the highest total of 346 runs and was named the Man of the Series.
Dhoni became a regular in his India team after his home series against South Africa in November 2005. In December 2005, Dhoni was given a 'B' category contract by the BCCI. Dhoni made his Test debut in the same month during his tour of India against Sri Lanka in Chennai. He scored 30 runs on his debut, but the match ended in a draw due to rain.
Dhoni made his maiden half-century in the second Test, leading to India's victory. Dhoni played in all the matches of the subsequent tour of Pakistan, scoring 219 runs in five ODI matches and 179 runs in five Tests, including his first Test century in the second Test at Faisalabad. He scored 106 runs in three Tests in the home series against England in March 2006 and 177 runs in the subsequent five ODI series. Dhoni dropped several catches, including a clear chance to hit Andrew Flintoff, and missed chances to get sent off, leading to criticism of his wicket-keeping.
Dhoni scored 43 runs in the 2006-07 DLF Cup, where the team lost two out of three matches and missed out on making it to the finals. In the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, India lost to West Indies and Australia, He scored a half-century against West Indies but failed to qualify for the final tournament. In the ODI series played in South Africa in November 2006,
Dhoni scored 139 runs in four matches in a series loss. In the ensuing Test series, Dhoni scored 114 runs in two Tests, including his maiden Test win in South Africa in his first Test, but was ruled out for the third Test due to injury. Dhoni made his T20 debut in December 2006 against South Africa in Johannesburg. Dhoni was subsequently named in the 2006 ODI Team of the Year by the ICC.
