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| Full name: | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| Born: | 7th July 1981, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand), India |
| Batting: | Right-hand batsman |
| Wicket-keeper | |
| Teams: | India (Test: 2005/06-2009/10); India (ODI: 2004/05-2009/10);Asian Cricket Council XI (ODI: 2007); India (Int Twenty20: 2006/07-2010); India (Twenty20 World Cup: 2007/08-2009);Bihar (Main FC: 1999/00-2003/04); Jharkhand (Main FC: 2004/05); Bihar (Main ListA: 1999/00-2003/04); Jharkhand(Main ListA: 2004/05); Jharkhand (Main Twenty20: 2006/07); |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahendra Singh Dhoni {Nicknamed “Mahi”} was born on July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Dhoni is the current the captain of India’s Cricket team Born to Mr. Pan Singh and Mrs. Devaki Devi, he has a sister, Jayanti, and a brother, Narendra. Mahendra Singh Dhoni finished his schooling from DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali Ranchi. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi. His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora District of Uttarakhand. Dhoni's parents, moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi where Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti and a brother Narendra. Dhoni had long hair which he has now shortened; he cut it because he wanted to look like his favourite film star John Abraham.He likes Bikes A Hummer to add to the four cars and 23 high-speed motorcycles already parked in his garage in Ranchi.He is endorsing 15 brands form clothes to cold Drinks. And, he is one of the highest income tax payers in last year Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar. Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali,(now the school is known as JVM , Shyamli,Ranchi) Ranchi,Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at district and club level in these sports.Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local cricket club by his football coach. Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni impressed with his wicket-keeping skills and became the regular wicketkeeper at the Commando cricket club (1995–1998). Based on his performance at club cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship and he performed well.[3] Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard.[6] | |
Dhoni has brought a lot of success for India since taking over the reins. His first assignment as skipper was the T20 World Championship in South Africa in 2007, where the side, without the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, came out as eventual champions. That was the beginning of a ride which saw the Indian team under him defeating Australia in Australia, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The latest casualties in the list were the Kiwi side who were defeated by an Indian side after 41 years. He looked a tad out of touch in the recently concluded ICC T20 World Cup and he would be looking forward to a good series in West Indies. India for the first time under his captaincy fell to such low levels in a big international competition and the swashbuckler from Jharkhand would surely be looking for redemption. Dhoni has been swashbuckling in front of the stumps and fluent behind them. It took MSD four years to make his place in the national side since making his domestic debut in 1999-2000. After a disastrous debut in which he got run out for a duck, he came back with a bang scoring 148 in just his fifth ODI played against Pakistan. Then came the defining knock, when this lad from the hinterlands of Jharkhand, went on to score a colossal 183 not out against Sri Lanka, smashing Gilchrist's record of the highest score by a wicketkeeper batsman.
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2009/10) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | St | |
| India | 43 | 66 | 9 | 2428 | 148 | 42.59 | 4 | 17 | 60.83 | 113 | 20 |
| Test Career Bowling (2005/06-2008/09) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| India | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | 7.00 | ||||
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1999/00-2009/10) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
| Overall | 83 | 131 | 12 | 4596 | 148 | 38.62 | 7 | 31 | 219 | 38 |
| First-Class Career Bowling (2002/03-2008/09) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 42 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0-1 | 4.85 | ||||
| One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2009/10) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | St | |
| India | 159 | 141 | 37 | 5246 | 183* | 50.44 | 6 | 35 | 89.00 | 151 | 49 |
| Asian Cricket Council XI | 3 | 3 | 1 | 174 | 139* | 87.00 | 1 | 0 | 125.17 | 3 | 3 |
| Overall | 162 | 144 | 38 | 5420 | 183* | 51.13 | 7 | 35 | 89.83 | 154 | 52 |
| One-Day International Career Bowling (2009/10) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| India | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1-14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 7.00 |
| One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1999/00-2009/10) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
| Overall | 218 | 196 | 48 | 7422 | 183* | 50.14 | 13 | 46 | 221 | 67 |
| One-Day Career Bowling (2009/10) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 39 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1-14 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 19.50 | 5.53 |
| International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2010) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | St | |
| India | 23 | 22 | 6 | 389 | 46 | 24.31 | 0 | 0 | 109.26 | 10 | 3 |
| Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2010) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | St | |
| Overall | 70 | 64 | 19 | 1545 | 73* | 34.33 | 0 | 7 | 128.42 | 28 | 13 |
